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Radiation Sickness

Thresholds for acute radiation sickness and its relation to Apollo mission radiation exposure.

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Feb 3, 2026

Have past missions (Apollo, Artemis) successfully mitigated Van Allen belt radiation risks?

Past crewed missions that traversed the -belts-mitigation">Van Allen radiation belts—most notably the flights—used trajectory planning, limited transit time, and spacecraft shielding to reduce astrona...

Jan 19, 2026

What were the total mission radiation doses for each Apollo lunar mission and how did they compare to Apollo 14?

Apollo-era passive dosimetry and later analyses show that crew-averaged skin doses for the nine lunar missions clustered well below levels causing acute injury, with Apollo 14 recording the highest me...