Space Radiation is Risky Business for the Human Body

Space Radiation is Risky Business for the Human Body

In this text, learn why space radiation is so dangerous to people that explore beyond low-Earth orbit and why protecting against space radiation is so difficult.

Topics

  • NASA
  • radiation
  • space
  • space travel
  • galactic cosmic rays
  • solar particle events
  • DNA mutation
  • space exploration
  • vital bodily functions
  • cosmic rays
  • cosmic radiation
  • dangers of space travel