The unprecedented detection, made possible by a fleet of spacecraft, could inform future mitigation techniques to protect astronauts from radiation sickness.
The event recorded by the multiple spacecraft happened to be a ground level enhancement whereby the Sun’s particles reached Earth’s surface. The Moon and Mars, on the other hand, are much more affected by these solar outbursts than Earth since they do not generate their own magnetic fields. Therefore, particles from the Sun easily penetrate the Moon and the thin atmosphere on Mars to reach their surface, interacting with the soil to produce a secondary wave of radiation.
NASA recently kicked off its Artemis program, through which the space agency hopes to establish a sustainable presence of astronauts on the Moon. Therefore, it is extremely crucial to understand the Sun’s outbursts in order to protect future astronauts from harmful solar radiation.
There are ongoing mitigation efforts designed to protect astronauts from solar radiation during missions to the Moon.
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