{"id":370797,"date":"2026-09-01T17:14:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T11:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=370797"},"modified":"2026-09-01T17:14:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T11:44:56","slug":"astrorad-vest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/astrorad-vest\/","title":{"rendered":"AstroRad Vest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> A recent study found that the AstroRad vest can significantly reduce astronauts\u2019 radiation exposure during major solar storms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About AstroRad Vest<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_370801\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-370801\" style=\"width: 211px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-370801\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-Lockheed-Martin.jpg?resize=211%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"AstroRad Vest\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-Lockheed-Martin.jpg?resize=211%2C300&amp;ssl=1 211w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-Lockheed-Martin.jpg?w=349&amp;ssl=1 349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-370801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Lockheed Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AstroRad Vest<\/strong>\u00a0is a <strong>wearable radiation-protection vest<\/strong> <strong>developed for astronauts<\/strong> travelling <strong>beyond Earth\u2019s protective magnetic field.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong data-start=\"245\" data-end=\"262\">Developed by:<\/strong> It <strong data-start=\"267\" data-end=\"309\">\u00a0was developed by StemRad<\/strong>, an Israeli company, <strong data-start=\"331\" data-end=\"372\" data-is-only-node=\"\">in collaboration with Lockheed Martin<\/strong>, a US-based aerospace and defence company.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hydrogen-Rich Material:<\/strong> The vest uses <strong>high-density polyethylene (HDPE)<\/strong> because of <strong>its high proportion of hydrogen,<\/strong> which is <strong>effective against charged particle space radiation.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The<strong> hydrogen-rich material helps slow energetic particles and reduce radiation exposure.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flexible Design:<\/strong> The vest <strong>contains thousands of hexagonal HDPE rods<\/strong> <strong>placed between two layers of elastic fabric.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The shielding components <strong>can slide past one another and stretch, allowing astronauts to move freely while wearing the compact vest<\/strong> inside the confined space of a spacecraft.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Selective Target Shielding:<\/strong> The vest places <strong>more shielding around radiation-sensitive organs and tissues, including bone marrow, lungs, stomach, breasts and ovaries.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tested in Space:<\/strong> Astronauts tested AstroRad on the <strong>International Space Station in 2019 and 2020.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>improved version was later tested<\/strong> using the <strong>Helga and Zohar human-shaped dummies during Artemis I in 2022.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A recent study found that the AstroRad vest can significantly reduce astronauts\u2019 radiation exposure during major solar storms. About AstroRad Vest AstroRad Vest\u00a0is a wearable radiation-protection vest developed for astronauts travelling beyond Earth\u2019s protective magnetic field. Developed by: It \u00a0was developed by StemRad, an Israeli company, in collaboration with Lockheed Martin, a US-based aerospace&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/astrorad-vest\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AstroRad Vest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-370797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}