{"id":26413,"date":"2022-10-19T11:05:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T10:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=26413"},"modified":"2022-10-19T11:05:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T10:05:52","slug":"space-radiation-experiment-reveals-dangers-of-human-space-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/space-radiation-experiment-reveals-dangers-of-human-space-flights\/26413\/","title":{"rendered":"Space radiation experiment reveals dangers of human space flights"},"content":{"rendered":"
Conducted by a team of international researchers, the long-term ISS experiment analysed the effects of space radiation on mouse embryonic stem cells, an endeavour that will further scientists\u2019 knowledge of the safety and risk associated with human space flights.<\/p>\n
The research is published in the journal\u00a0Heliyon<\/em>.<\/p>\n Space flight is becoming increasingly common, with ordinary citizens now granted the possibility of travelling beyond our little blue planet and long-term crewed flights to deep space, such as Mars and the Moon, also on the horizon.<\/p>\n However, one of the limitations of crewed exploration is the potential impact of space radiation. Experts have carried out comprehensive studies to investigate the effects on the human body, but due to the majority of these being performed on the ground, not in space, the results yielded various uncertainties.<\/p>\n This is because space radiation is comprised of a range of particles with different energies, and astronauts are constantly irradiated with low-dose rates, meaning the space environment cannot be accurately reproduced on the ground.<\/p>\nThe commercial launch of human space flight<\/h3>\n