title: Advanced biostack: experiment 1 ES 027 on Spacelab-1.
abstract: The radiobiological properties of the heavy ions of cosmic radiation were investigated on Spacelab 1 by use of biostacks, monolayers of biological test organisms sandwiched between thin foils of different types of nuclear track detectors. Biostacks were exposed to cosmic radiation at several locations with different shielding environments in the module and on the pallet. Evaluations of the physical and biological components of the experiment to date indicate that in general they survived the spaceflight in good condition. Dosimetric data are presented for the different shielding environments.
authors.affiliation: Biophysics Div., DFVLR, Institut for Aerospace Medicine, Koln, FRG.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bucker
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baltschukat
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beaujean
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Bonting
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delpoux
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Enge
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Facius
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Francois
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Graul
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Heinrich
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Horneck
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Kranz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pfohl
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Planel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Portal
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reitz
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ruther
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schafer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schopper
authors.forename: J U
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Schott
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000528:radiation effects; D001156:Artemia / Q000528:radiation effects; D004867:Equipment Design; D020450:Heavy Ions; D018499:Linear Energy Transfer; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011853:Radiobiology; D011874:Radiometry; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D020037:Sordariales / Q000528:radiation effects; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013171:Spores, Bacterial; D014893:Weightlessness