TEPC measurements obtained on the Mir space station

• Published in: Radiation Measurements
• Main Authors: Bottollier-Depois, J.F., Siegrist, M., Petrov, V.M., Shurshakov, V.V., Bengin, V., Koslova, S.B.
• Other Authors: Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES), Institute for Biomedical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow (RAS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2002
• Subjects: Cosmic ray measurement; Dosimeters; Dosimetry; Space stations; Radiation measurements; Radiation counters; proton; Arctic; article; Atlantic Ocean; comparative study; cosmic radiation; cosmonaut; Flight Experiment; human; instrumentation; linear energy transfer; long duration; manned; Mir Project; radiation dose; radiation monitoring; short duration; solar energy; South America; Soyuz Project; Soyuz TM15 Project; Soyuz TM17 Project; space flight; weightlessness; Arctic Regions; Astronauts; Humans; Protons; Radiation Dosage; Solar Activity; Spacecraft; [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03051975; https://doi.org/10.1016/S1350-4487(02)00078-1

Measurements of the radiation environment inside the Mir space station were performed with a tissue equivalent proportional counter (TEPC) during the Antares mission in 1992, and over a long period following it. Interesting results concerning radiation measurements show (a) the South Atlantic Anomaly crossing, (b) the increase of radiation near the poles, and (c) the effects of solar particle events (the most important one occurring in early November 1992). This data also provides information about the dose and the quality factor of the radiation to which the cosmonauts were exposed during different missions. These data are compared with measurements obtained using a solid state detector. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.