Health physics innovations developed during Cassini for future space applications

Journal Article · Thu Jan 21 23:00:00 EST 1999 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.57530· OSTI ID:21202503

Nickell, Rod ^[1]; Rutherford, Theresa ^[2]; Marmaro, George ^[3]

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1. Health Physics Office (United States)
2. Health Physics Office, BOC-022, Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899 (United States)
3. NASA Radiation Protection Officer, JJ-C, Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899 (United States)

There has been a long history of space missions involving Space Nuclear Auxiliary Power (SNAP) devices starting with the Transit 4A Spacecraft (1961), on through the Apollo, Pioneer, Viking, Voyager, Galileo, Ulysses, Mars Pathfinder, and most recently, Cassini (1997). All of these Major Radiological Source (MRS) missions were processed at the Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral Air Station (KSC/CCAS) Launch Site in full compliance with program and regulatory requirements. The cumulative experience gained supporting these past missions has led to significant innovations which will be useful for bench-marking future MRS ground processing.

• OSTI ID: 21202503
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 458; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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RADIATION PROTECTION
RADIOISOTOPE BATTERIES
SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES
THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS