The Alteino detector was operational during the European Marco Polo and Eneide missions with ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori. It consists of a cosmic ray detector (AST/Sileye-3) and an Electroencephalograph (EEG), although the Electroencephalograph is not be used in the Altcriss project. The obtained data will be used to better understand the radiation environment in spacecraft and how to provide efficient shielding against it.
Phantom is mounted inside a carbon-fibre, reinforced plastic container which simulates a spacesuit. The facility was brought back inside the Spae Station on 18 August 2005 during Expedition 11. Passive radiation sensors were removed and returned to Earth with Expedition 11. In September 2006 Matroshka was moved outside again.
The new type of sensor that measures the radiation is made of an alloy of Cadmium, Zinc and Tellurium. The advantage of this specific detector is that it is compact and does not require cryogenic cooling. The UTBI experiment demonstrates this specific sensor technology for the first time in space and could act as a precursor for an instrument of ESA’s Atmospheric-Space Interaction Monitor (ASIM), which was planned to be accomodated on an external payload adapter on the outside surface of the European Columbus laboratory.
Radiation can have severe health consequences for astronauts. Understanding radiation, its inter-action with the Station and its impact on the human body are considered an important factor that has to be taken into account for long-duration flights around Earth and beyond.
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