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NASA space mission in the Van Allen radiation belts

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Dec 15, 2025
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Why we can get past the Van Allen Radiation Belts

We can and have passed through the Van Allen radiation belts because they are spatially limited zones of trapped charged particles whose intensity varies in time and space; Apollo crews traversed them...

Dec 17, 2025
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What are the current radiation levels inside the Van Allen belts and how long until they become lethal?

Current reporting describes Van Allen belt radiation as highly variable: localized fluxes can be “hundreds to thousands of times” above Earth-surface background and can spike rapidly during solar even...

Dec 15, 2025
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we can't leave low earth orbit due to van allen radiation belts

The Van Allen radiation belts are zones of energetic charged particles encircling Earth that vary in intensity and structure; they have been traversed by crewed missions (Apollo) and are manageable wi...

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