A plastic vest could help protect astronauts from solar radiation storms.
Researchers tested the vests aboard Artemis I, an uncrewed flight around the moon in 2022. Although Artemis I didn’t experience any solar storms during its 25-day mission, the vest could significantly reduce the amount of radiation an astronaut would receive during such an event, researchers report August 12 in Science Advances .
In a type of storm called a solar particle event, the sun blasts high-energy protons into space. Earth’s magnetic field shields the planet’s surface from that radiation, but exposure during space travel increases the risk of several types of…
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