Using measured intensity and duration of solar flare proton events during years 1956-61, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center analyzed Apollo Command Module shielding to insure that astronauts would receive specified emergency dose on less than one mission in thousand; Module's structure gives this protection and protons must have minimum energy of 36 Mev to penetrate Module; features of onboard radiation monitoring equipment; ground observation system for monitoring solar proton hazard consisting of 7 optical and 3 radio telescopes located at Apollo S-band tracking stations around world and 3 forward-scatter radio links in North America.


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    Title :

    Apollo astronauts are painstakingly protected from solar-flare protons


    Additional title:

    Missiles Rockets


    Contributors:
    Pay, R. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1964


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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