Astronaut vest cuts radiation exposure in half

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Tests on uncrewed NASA mission showed garment could spare astronauts the worst effects of solar storms.

Three technicians from the MARE team assemble the AstroRad vest on a vaguely human-shaped, blue-and-black robotic device with exposed electronics in a laboratory setting.

Researchers attach a prototype radiation-protective vest to a mannequin named Zohar that flew on NASA's Artemis I mission in 2022. Credit: NASA/DLR

A protective vest could shield astronauts from some of the harmful radiation that occurs in deep space, a test conducted during NASA’s 2022 uncrewed lunar mission Artemis I has found1.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-02556-8

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