简介:Understandingthehealtheffectsofexposuretospaceradiationisofparticularimportancebecauseofthemountinginterestindeepspaceexploration.Heavyionssuchas56Fearemainradiationsourcesindeepspace,whichcouldposeasignificanthazardtospaceflightcrewsduringandaftermissions[1].ComparedtoX-rays,56FeionshasthemostdeleteriouseffectsonsurvivalandlevelsofDNAdamage[2].