A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name DOSIS 3D - Dose Distribution inside the International Space Station
Operational Nomenclature DOSIS 3D
URL https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/investigation;investigationAcronym=DOSIS_3D_ISS
DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-znu2ukt
Platform ISS
HRE-E3P Category Cosmic Radiation Risks for Human Exploration of the Solar System
Mission Inc31, Inc32, Inc33, Inc34, Inc35, Inc36, Inc37, Inc38, Inc39, Inc40, Inc41, Inc42, Inc43, Inc44, Inc45, Inc46, Inc47, Inc48, Inc49, Inc50, Inc51, Inc52, Inc53, Inc54, Inc55, Inc56, Inc57, Inc58, Inc59, Inc60, Inc61, Inc62, Inc63, Inc64, Inc65, Inc66, Inc68, Inc69, Inc70, Inc71, Inc72, Inc73
Keywords ESA Human and Robotic Exploration data, HREDA dataset, Human and Robotic Exploration Data Archive, ESA exploration mission data, human spaceflight experiment data, robotic exploration telemetry dataset, International Space Station experiment data, ISS Columbus module data, microgravity research dataset, life sciences space experiment data, space physiology measurements dataset, radiation exposure measurements spaceflight, life support systems performance data, closed-loop environmental control data, ECLSS telemetry dataset, astronaut biomedical monitoring data, space habitat systems engineering data, robotic surface operations dataset, planetary exploration robotics data, lunar exploration technology demonstration data, Mars analog experiment dataset, in-situ resource utilization ISRU experiment data, space systems engineering telemetry, mission operations engineering data, payload performance dataset, calibrated experiment data products, time-series telemetry data, spaceflight sensor measurements, ESA exploration science archive data, long-duration spaceflight research dataset
Team Coordinator Name Thomas Berger
Version 1.0
Team Members DOSIS_3D_ISS
Publication 2000, Report No. 132 - Radiation Protection Guidance for Activities in Low-Earth Orbit, , , NCRP - Bethesda, MD

R Beaujean, J Kopp, Günther Reitz, 1999, Active dosimetry on recent space flights, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 85, 1-4, 223-226, , 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032839

PASSIVE DOSIMETRY (TLD & OSL) reference publications

RB Setlow, 2003, The hazards of space travel, EMBO Reports 4, , 1013-1016

GENERAL SPACE DOSIMETRY reference publications

RG Richmond, 1972, Radiation dosimetry for the Gemini Program, NASA Technical Note, NASA TND6695, , 1-18

ER Benton, 2001, Space Radiation Dosimetry in Low Earth Orbit, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research - Section B, 184, 255-229, , DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(01)00748-0

Yasuda, Yukio Uchihori, ER Benton, Hisashi Kitamura, Kazunobu Fujitaka, 2006, The InterComparison of Cosmic rays with Heavy Ion Beams at NIRS (ICCHIBAN) project, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 120, 1-4, 414-420

V. V. Benghin, 2008, On-board predicting algorithm of radiation exposure for the International Space Station radiation monitoring system, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 70, 2, 675-679, DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.08.045

GD Bahwar, 1997, The radiation environment in low earth orbit, Radiation Research, 148, 5, S 3-10, DOI: 10.2307/3579710

REFERENCES (PUBLICATIONS for DOSIS and DOSIS 3D)

Daniel Matthiä, MM Meier, T Berger, 2018, The solar particle event on 10-13 September 2017 - Spectral reconstruction and calculation of the radiation exposure in aviation and space, Space Weather, 16, 977-986, , DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018SW001921

I Apathy, 2007, TL dose measurements on board the Russian segment of the ISS by the, Acta Astronautica, 60, 322-328

D Zhou, E Semones, R Gaza, S Johnson, N Zapp, M Weyland, 2007, Radiation measured for ISS-Expedition 12 with different dosimeters, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, 580, 3, 1283-1289, DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2007.06.091

Michael Hajek, T Berger, Norbert Vana, Manfred Fugger, Jozsef K. Pálfalvi, Julianna Szabó, I Eördögh, YA Akatov, VV Arkhangelski, VA Shurshakov, 2008, Convolution of TLD and SSNTD measurements during the BRADOS-1 experiment onboard ISS (2001), Radiation Measurements, 43, 7, 1231-1236, , 10.1016/j.radmeas.2008.04.094

D Zhou, E Semones, M Weyland, S Johnson, 2007, Radiation measured with TEPC and CR-39 PNTDs in low Earth orbit, Advances in Space Research, 40, 11, 1571-1574, DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.12.006

P Jiggens, C Clavie, H Evans, TP O'Brien, O Witasse, AL Mishev, P Nieminen, E Daly, V Kalegaev, N Vlasova, S Borisov, C Poivey, M Cyamukungu, J Mazur, Daniel Heynderickx, Ingmar Sandberg, T Berger, IG Usoskin, M Paassilta, R Vainio, Ulrich Straube, D Müller, B Sanchez-Cano, D Hassler, J Praks, P Niemelä, H Leppinen, A Punkkinen, S Aminalragia-Giamini, T Nagatsuma, 2018, In-Situ Data and Effect Correlation During September 2017 Solar Particle Event, Space Weather, 17, 99-117, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018SW001936

P Bilski, T Berger, Daniel Matthiä, 2016, Influence of cosmic radiation spectrum and its variation on the relative efficiency of LiF thermoluminescent detectors - calculations and measurements, Radiation Measurements, 88, 33-40, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2016.02.029

RJ White, M Averner, 2001, Humans in space, Nature 409, , 1115-1118

Rainer Facius, Günther Reitz, 2006, Space weather impacts on space radiation protection, Space Weather - Physics and Effects, , 289-353, V Bothmer, IA Daglis, 10.1007/978-3-540-34578-7_11

T Berger, S Burmeister, Daniel Matthiä, Bartos Przybyla, Günther Reitz, P Bilski, Michael Hajek, L Sihver, J Szabo, I Ambrozova, F Vanhavere, R Gaza, E Semones, EG Yukihara, ER Benton, Yukio Uchihori, S Kodaira, Hisashi Kitamura, M Boehme, 2017, DOSIS & DOSIS 3D: Radiation measurements with the DOSTEL instruments onboard the Columbus Laboratory of the ISS in the years 2009-2016, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 7, A08, , DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2017005

United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation: Sources and Effects of Ionizing Radiation, Report to the General Assembly, UNSCEAR, Vienna, 2000, , , UNSCEAR

ICCHIBAN reference publications

Yukio Uchihori, E Benton, 2004, Results from the first two InterComparison of dosimetric instruments for Cosmic radiation with Heavy Ions Beams at NIRS (ICCHIBAN 1 & 2), HIMAC-078, , , NIRS, Chiba, Japa

T Berger, Michael Hajek, 2008, TL-efficiency - Overview and experimental results over the years, Radiation Measurements, 43, 146

Günther Reitz, R Beaujean, E Benton, S Burmeister, Tsvetan P. Dachev, S Deme, M Luszik-Bhadra, P Olko, 2005, Space radiation measurements on-board ISS - The DOSMAP experiment, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 116, 1-4, 374-379, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rpd/nci262

MERCURY - GEMINI - APOLLO reference publications

Gerda Horneck, Rainer Facius, M Reichert, Petra Rettberg, W Seboldt, Dietrich H. Manzey, B Comet, Alain Maillet, H Preiss, L Schauer, Claude-Gilles Dussap, L Poughon, A Belyavin, Martina Heer, Günther Reitz, C Baumstark-Khan, Ruppert Gerzer, 2003, HUMEX Study on the Survivability and Adaption of Humans to Long-Duration Exploratory Missions, ESA SP-1264, , , ESA - European Space Agency

T Berger, Daniel Matthiä, S Burmeister, C Zeitlin, R Rios, N Stoffle, Schwadron, HE Spence, DM Hassler, B Ehresmann, Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber, 2020, Long term variations of galactic cosmic radiation on board the International Space Station, on the Moon and on the surface of Mars, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, , , DOI: 10.1051/swsc/2020028

T Berger, Daniel Matthiä, S Burmeister, R Rios, K Lee, E Semones, DM Hassler, N Stoffle, C Zeitlin, 2018, The Solar Particle Event on 10 September 2017 as observed on-board the International Space Station (ISS), Space Weather, 16, 1173-1189, , DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018SW001920

SWS McKeever, 1985, Thermoluminescence of solids, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

HJ Schaefer, EV Benton, RP Henke, JJ Sullivan, 1972, Nuclear Track Recordings of the Astronauts´ Radiation Exposure on the First Lunar Landing Mission Apollo XI, Radiation Research, 49, 2, 245-271, DOI: 10.2307/3573264

PASSIVE DOSIMETRY (PNTD) reference publications

I Apathy, S Deme, Istvan Fehér, YA Akatov, Günther Reitz, VV Arkhangelski, 2002, Dose measurements in space by the Hungarian Pille TLD system, Radiation Measurements, 35, 5, 381-391, , DOI: 10.1016/s1350-4487(02)00071-9

RP Henke, EV Benton, 1971, On geometry of tracks in dielectric nuclear track detectors, Nuclear Instruments and Methods, 97, 3, 483-489, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0029-554X(71)90250-3

EG Yukihara, SWS McKeever, 2008, Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) Dosimetry in Medicine and Biology, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 53, 20, R351-R379

Daniel Matthiä, Sönke Burmeister, Bartos Przybyla, Thomas Berger, 2023, Active radiation measurements over one solar cycle with two DOSTEL instruments in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station, Life Sciences in Space Research, 39, 14-25, , 10.1016/j.lssr.2023.04.002

D Zhou, D O´Sullivan, E Semones, M Weyland, 2006, Charge spectra of cosmic ray nuclei measured with CR-39 detectors in low earth orbit, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, 564, 262-266

T Berger, Michael Hajek, P Bilski, C Koerner, F Vanhavere, Günther Reitz, 2012, Cosmic radiation exposure of biological test systems during the EXPOSE-E mission, Astrobiology - Special Collection: The EXPOSE-E Mission, 12, 5, 387-392, , https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2011.0777

2002, Operational Radiation Safety Program for Astronauts in Low Earth Orbit: A Basic Framework, , , NCRP - Report Nr. 142, Bethesda, MD

Günther Reitz, 2008, Characteristic of the radiation field in low earth orbit and in deep space, Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik, 18, 4, 233-243

T Berger, Michael Hajek, P Bilski, Günther Reitz, 2015, Cosmic radiation exposure of biological test systems during the EXPOSE-R mission, International Journal of Astrobiology, 14, 1, 27-32, , DOI: 10.1017/S1473550414000548

Günther Reitz, R Beaujean, J Kopp, M Leicher, Karsten Strauch, C Heilmann, 1997, Results of dosimetric measurements in space missions, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 70, 1-4, 413-418

Livio Narici, T Berger, S Burmeister, Luca Di Fino, AM Rizzo, Daniel Matthiä, Günther Reitz, 2017, Exploiting different active silicon detectors in the International Space Station: ALTEA and DOSTEL Galactic Cosmic Radiation (GCR) measurements, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 7, A18, , DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2017016

CS Warren, WL Gill, 1964, Radiation dosimetry aboard the spacecraft of the eight Mercury - Atlas Mission (Ma-8), NASA Technical Note NASA TN-D1862, , 1-23

R Beaujean, J Kopp, S Burmeister, F Petersen, Günther Reitz, 2002, Dosimetry inside MIR station using a silicon detector telescope (DOSTEL), Radiation Measurements, 35, 5, 433-438

ACTIVE DOSIMETRY reference publications

L Sihver, T Berger, 2017, The DOSIS and DOSIS 3D project on-board the ISS - Current status and scientific overview, in: Proceedings of Aerospace Conference, 2017 IEEE, , , ISBN: 978-1-5090-1613-6, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2017.7943810

GD Badhwar, W Atwell, Günther Reitz, R Beaujean, W Heinrich, 2002, Radiation measurements on the Mir Orbital Station, Radiation Measurements, 35, 5, 393-422

Livio Narici, T Berger, Daniel Matthiä, Günther Reitz, 2015, Radiation Measurements Performed with Active Detectors Relevant for Human Space Exploration, Frontiers in Oncology, 5, 273, , DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2015.00273

Yukio Uchihori, ER Benton, 2008, Results from the ICCHIBAN 3 & 4 Experiments to intercompare the Response of Space Radiation Dosimeters, HIMAC-128, , , NIRS Chiba, Japa

GD Badhwar, FA Cucinotta, LA Braby, A Konradi, 1994, Measurements on the Shuttle of the LET spectra of galactic cosmic radiation and comparison with the radiation transport model, Radiation Research, 139, 3, 344-351, DOI: 10.2307/3578832

F Vanhavere, JL Genicot, D O´Sullivan, D Zhou, F Spurný, I Jadrníčková, GO Sawakuchi, EG Yukihara, 2008, DOsimetry of BIological Experiments in Space (DOBIES) with luminescence (OSL and TL) and track etch detectors, Radiation Measurements, 43, 2-6, 694-697, , 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.12.002

P Bilski, 2006, Response of various LiF thermoluminescent detectors to high energy ions - Results of the ICCHIBAN experiment, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B, 251, 121-126

T Berger, Bartos Przybyla, Daniel Matthiä, Günther Reitz, S Burmeister, J Labrenz, P Bilski, T Horwacik, A Twardak, Michael Hajek, Manfred Fugger, C Hofstätter, L Sihver, Jozsef K. Pálfalvi, J Szabo, A Stradi, I Ambrozova, J Kubancak, K Pachnerova-Brabcova, F Vanhavere, V Cauwels, O van Hoey, W Schoonjans, A Parisi, R Gaza, E Semones, EG Yukihara, E Benton, B Doull, Yukio Uchihori, S Kodaira, Hisashi Kitamura, M Boehme, 2016, DOSIS & DOSIS 3D: Long term dose monitoring onboard the Columbus Laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS), Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 6, A39, , DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2016034

NCRP reference publications

For some more details on the project, see:, https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/218817

CS Warren, WG Davis, JC Lill, RG Richmond, 1968, Radiation Dosimetry on the Gemini and Apollo Missions, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 5, 2, 207-210, DOI: 10.2514/3.29217
Temporal Coverage 2012-04-28T00:00:00Z/2024-03-30T00:00:00Z
Mission Description The HRE Data Archive (HREDA) collects information and data of investigations funded or co-funded by ESA’s Directorate for Human and Robotic Exploration (HRE) and performed on microgravity and ground-based facilities since 1972.
Creator Contact https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/help/contact
Date Published 2026-02-17T12:26:01Z
Last Update 2026-07-09
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, Thomas Berger, 2026, 'DOSIS 3D', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-znu2ukt
Rights Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license.