Positive, Negative or Neutral, It All Matters: NASA Explains Space Radiation

Charged particles may be small, but they matter to astronauts. NASA’s Human Research Program (HRP) is investigating these particles to solve one of its biggest challenges to human space exploration: space radiation and its effects on the human body.

Topics

  • space
  • extreme environment
  • stressors
  • cosmic ray
  • life in space
  • extreme environments
  • international space station
  • radiation
  • space radiation
  • mars