The altcriss project on board the International Space Station
Journal article, 2007

The Alteriss project aims to perform a long term survey of the radiation environment on board the International Space Station. Measurements are being performed with active and passive devices in different locations and orientations of the Russian segment of the station. The goal is to perform a detailed evaluation of the differences in particle fluence and nuclear composition due to different shielding material and attitude of the station. The Sileye-3/Alteino detector is used to identify nuclei up to Iron in the energy range above similar or equal to 60 MeV/n. Several passive dosimeters (TLDs, CR39) are also placed in the same location of Sileye-3 detector. Polyethylene shielding is periodically interposed in front of the detectors to evaluate the effectiveness of shielding on the nuclear component of the cosmic radiation. The project was submitted to ESA in reply to the AO in the Life and Physical Science of 2004 and data taking began in December 2005. Dosimeters and data cards are rotated every 6 months: up to now three launches of dosimeters and data cards have been performed and have been returned with the end of expedition 12 and 13. (C) 2007 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of COSPAR.

International Space Station

cosmic rays

CALIBRATION

nuclear abundances

shielding

MIR

DOSE-EQUIVALENT

DOSIMETRY

RADIATION ENVIRONMENT

LIGHT-FLASHES

radiation

ONBOARD

RISKS

SILEYE-3/ALTEINO EXPERIMENT

Author

M. Casolino

University of Rome Tor Vergata

F. Altamura

University of Rome Tor Vergata

M. Minori

University of Rome Tor Vergata

P. Picozza

University of Rome Tor Vergata

C. Fuglesang

European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)

A. Galper

National Research Nuclear University

A. Popov

National Research Nuclear University

V. Benghin

State Research Center of The Russian Federation - Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP)

V. M. Petrov

State Research Center of The Russian Federation - Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP)

A. Nagamatsu

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

T. Berger

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

G. Reitz

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Marco Durante

University of Naples Federico II

Mariagabriella Pugliese

University of Naples Federico II

V. Roca

University of Naples Federico II

Lembit Sihver

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Nuclear Engineering

F. Cucinotta

NASA Johnson Space Center

E. Semones

NASA Johnson Space Center

M. Shavers

Wyle Laboratories Life Sciences Group

V. Guarnieri

Alenia Aeronautica

C. Lobascio

Alenia Aeronautica

D. Castagnolo

MARS s.r.l.

R. Fortezza

MARS s.r.l.

Advances in Space Research

0273-1177 (ISSN) 18791948 (eISSN)

Vol. 40 11 1746-1753

Subject Categories

Chemical Engineering

DOI

10.1016/j.asr.2007.04.037

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