Radiation shielding vest could reduce cancer risk for astronauts on deep space missions – Physics World

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:50:27 +0000

A new personal radiation shielding vest tested during the Artemis I flight could significantly reduce the radiation dose that future astronauts might receive Testing the vest A 3D rendering of the Matroshka AstroRad Radiation Experiment (MARE) during NASA’s Artemis I mission, showing the two radiation dosimetry phantoms, one wearing the AstroRad vest, inside the Orion spacecraft. (Courtesy: NASA/Lockheed Martin/DLR/StemRad)

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Radiation shielding vest could reduce cancer risk for astronauts on deep space missions – Physics World