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Experiment LAZIO forms part of the scientific research
program performed by Italian Astronaut Roberto Vittori
(ESA) on the Russian Segment of the ISS in the frame
of ENEIDE
ISM Project. The European Space Agency is a customer
of the preparation and implementation of the research
program.
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Main Electronic Box
(MEB)
with Magnetometer Box (MB)
and Magnetometer
Head (MH) |
USED SCIENCE HARDWARE:
- Main Electronic Box
- LAZIO Kit 1
- Visiting Time Kit
- PCMCIA cards 4GB (10 items)
- Memory card
CF 256 MB
- PCMCIA card 512MB
- Voice cassettes (5 items)
- Dosimeter tiles
- Increment 11 Kit
- LAZIO Kit 2
- Alkaline Battery AA (4 items)
- Tape recorder
AIWA
- Joystick
- Spare fuse
- Light Shielding Mask
- Kit LAZIO-MB
- Magnetometer head kit
SUPPORT FACILITIES:
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PURPOSE:
A detailed study and understanding of the radiation
environment in space, its interaction with the earth
magnetosphere and its effects on human physiology
OBJECTIVES:
- Record, identify and measure flows of charged
particles with the determination of their direction
- Measure
intensity of the magnetic field within the ISS
and its changes
- Record phosphene (Light Flash)
by the astronaut
- Verify the effect of different
shielding materials to reducing the radiation
environment.
EXPERIMENT RESULTS:
Information recorded on PCMCIA cards (11 items),
CF memory card, voice tapes (5 items) and dosimeters
(2 items).
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To meet the first goal it is planned to use a high performance
cosmic ray detector (MEB)
To meet the second goal a high precision
low frequency magnetometer EGLE is used, which is composed
of EGLE magnetometer box (MB) and EGLE magnetometer head
(MH).
To meet the third goal (verification of the hypothesis
that Light Flashes observation frequency decreases with
permanence in space) it is planned to use LAZIO Kit 2.
These investigations will continue the experiment started
during the previous flight of Italian astronaut Roberto
Vittori (Marco Polo Project, VC-3, 2002).
To perform high quality tests of the effect of different
kind of shielding on the cosmic ray radiation field (forth
task) AST spectrometer will be used, which was delivered
to the ISS RS in the frame of the Marco Polo project. |
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