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16) MARIE (copyright also: KSC): The Martian Radiation
Environment Experiment will measure the radiation environment
on the way to Mars and in the Martian orbit. Space radiation comes
from cosmic rays emitted by our local star, the sun, and from stars
beyond our solar system as well. Similar instruments are flown
on the Space Shuttles and on the International Space Station
(ISS), but none have ever flown outside of Earth's protective
magnetosphere, which blocks much of this radiation from reaching
the surface of our planet. |
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