{"id":521810,"date":"2026-08-17T10:38:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=521810"},"modified":"2026-08-17T10:38:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:38:41","slug":"nasa-tested-radiation-vest-could-protect-astronauts-during-severe-solar-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/technology\/nasa-tested-radiation-vest-could-protect-astronauts-during-severe-solar-storms\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA-tested radiation vest could protect astronauts during severe solar storms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new study suggests that a <strong>radiation-shielding vest tested during NASA\u2019s Artemis I mission<\/strong> could significantly reduce astronauts\u2019 exposure to radiation during severe solar storms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vest was worn by a <strong>female test dummy<\/strong> aboard the uncrewed Artemis I mission in 2022. The spacecraft traveled around the Moon and back, allowing scientists to study how the garment could protect astronauts from potentially dangerous radiation during future lunar missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Radiation remains one of the major risks facing astronauts as NASA prepares for longer stays on the Moon and the development of a future lunar base. Researchers from the <strong>United States, Germany and Israel<\/strong> reported that the vest could help protect crews during powerful solar events and potentially allow astronauts to leave their shelters when radiation levels rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The garment is designed to be worn specifically during periods of <strong>high radiation<\/strong>, covering some of the body\u2019s most vulnerable organs and tissues, including the lungs, stomach, bone marrow, breasts and ovaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artemis I carried two female manikins, <strong>Zohar and Helga<\/strong>, which spent nearly a month traveling to the Moon and back inside NASA\u2019s Orion spacecraft. A version of the vest had previously been tested aboard the International Space Station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study suggests that a radiation-shielding vest tested during NASA\u2019s Artemis I mission could significantly reduce astronauts\u2019 exposure to radiation during severe solar storms. The vest was worn by a female test dummy aboard the uncrewed Artemis I mission in 2022. The spacecraft traveled around the Moon and back, allowing scientists to study how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":521811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[611,15760],"class_list":["post-521810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-deultimominuto","tag-nasa"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bKi","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/image.png","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Technology"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/image.png"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}