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Dose Distribution Inside ISS - Dosimetry for Biological Experiments in Space (DOSIS-DOBIES)
03.22.12

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Experiment/Payload Overview

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Brief Summary

The Dose Distribution Inside ISS - Dosimetry for Biological Experiments in Space (DOSIS-DOBIES) provides documentation of the actual nature and distribution of the radiation field inside the ISS and develops a standard method to measure the absorbed doses in biological samples onboard the ISS.

Principal Investigator

  • Filip Vanhavere, Ph.D., Belgium Nuclear Research Centre (SCK-CEN), Brussels, , Belgium
  • Günter Reitz, Ph.D., German Aerospace Center, Köln, , Germany

    • Co-Investigator(s)/Collaborator(s)

  • Akiko Matsumoto, Ph.D., M.D., Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tsukuba, , Japan
  • Cary Zeitlin, , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
  • David Bartlett, , National Radiological Protection Board, Chilton, , United Kingdom
  • Dazhuang Zhou, , Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, , Ireland
  • Denis O'Sullivan, , Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, , Ireland
  • Eduardo G. Yukihara, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States
  • Edward Semones, , Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, United States
  • Eric Benton, , Eril Research Incorporated, Richmond, CA, United States
  • Frantisek Spurny, Ph.D., Nuclear Physics Institute, Rez, Rez, , Czech Republic
  • Istvan Apathy, , KFKI Atomic Research Institute, Budapest, , Hungary
  • Iva Jadrnickova, , Nuclear Physics Institute, Rez, Rez, , Czech Republic
  • Jack Miller, , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
  • Jean Louis Genicot, , Belgium Nuclear Research Centre (SCK-CEN), Brussels, , Belgium
  • Joe Palfalvi, , Atomic Energy Research Institute, Budapest, , Hungary
  • Luke Hager, , National Radiological Protection Board, Chilton, , United Kingdom
  • M. Hajek, , Atominstitute of Austrian Universities, Vienna, , Austria
  • Marco Casolino, M.D., Universita of Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, , Italy
  • Marlies Luszik-Bhadra, , Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, , Germany
  • Nakahiro , , National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, , Japan
  • Neal Zapp, Ph.D., Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, United States
  • Pawel Bilski, , Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow, , Poland
  • Pawel Olko, , Institute for Nuclear Physics, Krakow, , Poland
  • Rudolf Beaujean, Ph.D., University of Kiel, Kiel, , Germany
  • Sandor Deme, , KFKI Atomic Research Institute, Budapest, , Hungary
  • Stephen McKeever, , Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States
  • Thomas Berger, , German Aerospace Center, Cologne, , Germany
  • Vladislav Petrov, , Institute for Biomedical Problems, Moscow, , Russia
  • Yukio Uchihori, , National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, , Japan

    • Payload Developer

    European Space Agency, Noordwijk, , The Netherlands
    German Aerospace Center, Cologne, , Germany

    Sponsoring Space Agency

    European Space Agency (ESA)

    Sponsoring Organization:

    Information Pending

    ISS Expedition Duration:

    March 2009 - September 2011



    Expeditions Assigned

    19/20, 21/22, 23/24, 25/26, 27/28

    Previous ISS Missions

    DOSIS-DOBIES first began operations on ISS Expedition 18.

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    Experiment/Payload Description

    Research Summary

    • DOSIS will use both passive and active radiation measurement devices to measure the radiation environment inside of the Columbus module.


    • DOBIES will study the responses of different detector types in space radiation fields. This will lead to a unique recommendation and description on dosimetric systems for radiobiologocal experiments in space.


    • A total number of 64 measurement positions are allocated to the DOSIS-DOBIES investigations.

    Description

    Dose Distribution inside ISS (DOSIS): The proposed experiment will provide documentation of the actual nature and distribution of the radiation field inside the spacecraft. Integral measurements of energy, charge and LET spectra of the heavy ion component will be done by the use of different nuclear track detectors. TLDs deliver mission averaged absorbed doses. Different neutron dosimeters allow for measurement of the neutron dose.

    Dosimetry for Biological Experiments in Space (DOBIES): The objective of this project is to develop a standard Dosimetric method (as a combination of different techniques) to measure the absorbed doses and equivalent doses in biological samples, as a contribution to DOSIS in EPM and COL, and EXPOSE-E and EXPOSE-R payloads.

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    Applications

    Space Applications

    Information Pending

    Earth Applications

    Information Pending

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    Operations

    Operational Requirements

    Information Pending

    Operational Protocols

    DOSIS-DOBIES will consist of active radiation detectors: two DOSTEL silicon detectors, Alteino, tissue equivalent proportional counter (TEPC), Pille thermoluminescent detector (TLD) reader, passive radiation monitoring instruments and nuclear track detector packages (NTDP).

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    Results/More Information

    Information Pending

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    Publications

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    Ground Based Results Publications

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    ISS Patent Publications

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    Related Publications

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    Images

    imageNASA Image: ISS015E12110 - View of the Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter (TEPC) Radiation Detector (gold cylinder) and the TEPC Spectrometer (gold box) in the U.S. Laboratory, Destiny during Expedition 15. The TEPC will be one of several radiation measurement devices used for DOSIS-BOBIES.


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    Information provided by the investigation team to the ISS Program Scientist's Office.
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