Space Radiation and Astronaut Health: Managing and Communicating Cancer Risks

by Division on Earth and Life Studies, Institute of Medicine, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Astronauts face unique health-related risks during crewed space missions, and longer-duration missions that extend to greater distances in our solar system (including to the Moon and Mars) will likely increase those risks. Cancer risks due to ionizing radiation exposure are one of these health-related risks. Assessing, managing, and communicating radiation-induced cancer risks associated with spaceflight are challenging because of incomplete knowledge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309479665
• ISBN13: 9780309479660
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 144 Pages