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Title: The effects of space radiation on flight film

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:188488

The Shuttle and its cargo are occasionally exposed to an amount of radiation large enough to create non-image forming exposures (fog) on photographic flight film. The television/photography working group proposed a test plan to quantify the sensitivity of photographic films to space radiation. This plan was flown on STS-37 and was later incorporated into a detailed supplementary objective (DSO) which was flown on STS48. This DSO addressed the effects of significant space radiation on representative samples of six highly sensitive flight films. In addition, a lead-lined bag was evaluated as a potential shield for flight film against space radiation.

Research Organization:
DynCorp, Houston, TX (United States)
OSTI ID:
188488
Report Number(s):
N-96-14298; NASA-CR-188427; NAS-1.26:188427; NIPS-95-05599; CNN: NAS9-18719; TRN: 9614298
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Sep 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English