Uznański-Wiśniewski has released a recording detailing the next stages of his research conducted in orbit.
Alongside Peggy Whitson, one of the four-member Axiom-4 mission crew, the Polish astronaut discussed the scalable Radiation Monitor (RADMON on ISS) from Polish company SigmaLabs during a videoconference on cosmic radiation.
SigmaLabs develops advanced technologies to detect and model radiation, build radiation-hardened systems, and improve predictive maintenance. Their scalable Radiation Monitor aboard the ISS tracks space radiation and its impact on microchips vital to modern electronics.
Polish radiation experiment during AX-4 mission
By collecting real-time data on radiation and its effects on chips in orbit, this experiment will help engineers design more robust electronic systems for use in space. That means safer, more reliable missions - whether in Earth orbit, landing on the Moon or exploring Mars.
In the long term, it will also support the development of smarter satellite technology that can better serve us here on Earth, according to the Polish IGNIS programme website.
Uznański-Wiśniewski shares new footage on space radiation research
The Polish researcher on the ISS demonstrated how a component of the RadMon project - a radiation dosimeter originally developed at CERN - floats in microgravity. The device was transferred to a Polish company, which is now going commercial with it through CERN’s knowledge transfer programme.
“The main idea behind that is it measures different types of radiation, but this is just the first step of research,” the Polish astronaut noted.
“The further steps are to implement a much more compact version of that box into satellite systems and space stations to do a direct measurement and potentially generate certain signals to protect hardware or protect stations, so to have a real-time measurement system that later on helps guide certain decisions – for example, let's imagine there is a solar particle event going towards a big communication satellite that you would like to detect,” he added.
In his opinion, such a device can also detect increased radiation and can switch off the satellite, helping it to pass through this period of higher radiation, and then automatically power on the full satellite in a safe way when the radiation drops below a certain threshold.
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Source: Ignis/SigmaLabs/X/@astro_slawosz