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Astronauts' Radiation Exposure Risks

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How much radiation have the Starliner astronauts been exposed to aboard the ISS?

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Two NASA astronauts are preparing for an unplanned stay on the International Space Station .

Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams will be exposed to more radiation than those on Earth .

The higher a person is in altitude, the higher the dose of radiation they are exposed to space radiation.

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https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/nasa-astronauts-stuck-iss-after-issues-boeings-starliner/story?id=111770374 https://science.nasa.gov/heliophysics/focus-areas/magnetosphere-ionosphere/https://abcnews.go.com/US/boeings-starliner-astronaut-crew-flight-international-space-station/story?id=109953241 https://www.cdc.gov/radiation-health/data-research/facts-stats/cosmic-radiation.html#:~:text=Higher%20altitudes%20mean%20greater%20exposure,0.33%20mSv%20(33%20mrem).https://abcnews.go.com/US/boeings-starliner-set-1st-astronaut-crewed-flight-after/story?id=110855655 https://www.nasa.gov/technology/tech-transfer-spinoffs/nasa-funded-space-radiation-research-fights-cancer-on-earth/#:~:text=Astronauts%20who%20spend%20six%20months,loss%2C%20and%20some%20cardiovascular%20diseases.https://abcnews.go.com/Health/1-year-space-body-nasa-astronaut-frank-rubio/story?id=103406478 https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/nasa-boeings-starliner-astronauts-return-earth-spacecraft-february/story?id=113108064 https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/radiationchallenge.pdf?emrc=ba69fb https://www.nasa.gov/missions/analog-field-testing/why-space-radiation-matters/#:~:text=Space%20radiation%20is%20comprised%20of,space%20radiation%20represent%20ionizing%20radiation.

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