that were needed measuring instrument
errors were negligible and had only a
small influence on dose rate estimates.
About 15% of the tissue-damaging dose
(effective dose) is from short-ranged
neutrons and protons that were created
within the spacecraft materials, and
about 90% of the crew member dose is
due to particles that deposit less than
150 keV/micron (Reitz 2005).
PUBLICATION(S)
Beaujean R, Reitz G, Dachev TP, et al.
Space radiation measurements aboard
ISS - the DOSMAP experiment.
Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 2005;116(1-4):374-379. doi: 10.1093/rpd/nci262.
Reitz G, Beaujean R, Benton ER, et al. Space radiation measurements on-board ISS - the
DOSMAP experiment. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 2005;116(1-4):374-379. doi:
10.1093/rpd/nci262.
Beaujean R, Dachev TP, Reitz G, et al. Dosimetric mapping. Conference and Exhibit on
International Space Station Utilization, Cape Canaveral, Florida; 2001.
This investigation is complete and all results are published.
High-energy particles leave tracks (dark streak in center of the
image) on CR39 plastic film contained within DOSMAP's
Nuclear Track Detector Packages. European Space Agency
(ESA) image.