Houston, we have a podcast.

Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center,

episode 128, space radiation.

I'm Gary Jordan. I'll be your host today.

On this podcast we bring in the experts, scientists, engineers, astronauts all to let you know what's going on in the world of human spaceflight.

This is the final part in our six-part series on the human research program.

We've got into the weeds on every element of the program and I hope you've enjoyed

it. So today we're going to focus on space radiation. If you're familiar with the podcast, you know that we

visited this topic a few times in the past.

Episodes 57, 64, and 75 for those interested.

We'll re-address some of those topics today as a refresher.

But today, we're going to investigate specifically what happens to the human

body when exposed to radiation. A huge consideration when traveling beyond low-Earth orbit

where the Earth itself does a decent job of protecting space travelers. Outside of the Earth's

protection though,

protection though, space radiation is a big

consideration for human space flight, both for the human

and for the vehicle itself.

This element of human Research Program focuses on modeling

what can happen to the human body in these higher radiation environments to

help understand the risks and possible mitigations for deep space travel.

So going into the details of this final element is Jason Weeks, Element Manager, and Dr. Steve Platt

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