A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name DOSICOS 2 - Radiation dosimetry inside and outside the spacecraft; radiation damage in lettuce seeds
Operational Nomenclature DOSICOS 2
URL https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/investigation;investigationAcronym=DOSICOS2_RETR
DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-czuv618
Platform Retrievable Facilities
HRE-E3P Category Biology
Mission Bion 9 (Cosmos 2044)
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 Gunther Reitz, Horst Bucker
Version 1.0
Team Members DOSICOS2_RETR
Publication Rainer Facius, Kerstin Scherer, Günther Reitz, Horst Bücker, Ludmila V Nevzgodina, EN Maksimova, 1994, Particle Trajectories in Seeds of Lactuca Sativa and Chromosome Aberrations after Exposure to Cosmic Heavy Ions on Cosmos Biosatellites 8 and 9, Advances in Space Research, Vol. 14, No. 10, 93-103

Günther Reitz, Horst Bücker, Rainer Facius, M Schäfer, R Beaujean, 1992, Dosimetric Results of Cosmos-2044, Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements, Vol. 20, No. 1, 161-165

R Beaujean, J Kopp, W Enge, 1991, Measurements of high-LET spectra on Biocosmos-9, Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements, Vol. 19, No. 1-4, 681-684

VE Dudkin, EE Kovalev, YV Potapov, EV Benton, AL Frank, ER Benton, JW Watts, TA Parnell, E Schopper, B Baican, Günther Reitz, Horst Bücker, Rainer Facius, R Beaujean, C Heilmann, 1992, Cosmic Ray LET Spectra and Doses on Board Cosmos-2044 Biosatellite, Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements, Vol. 20, No. 1, 149-155

W Heinrich, EV Benton, B Wiegel, R Zens, G Rusch, 1994, Galactic Cosmic Ray Abundances and Spectra behind defined Shielding, Advances in Space Research, Vol. 14, No. 10, 815-824

René Demets, 1996, Radiation dosimetry inside and outside Biocosmos: Radiation damage in lettuce seeds, Biological Experiments on Bion-8 and Bion-9, ESA SP-1190, 35-36, Günther Reitz

R Zens, W Heinrich, B Wiegel, G Rusch, Günther Reitz, Measurement of HZE-Particles on Biocosmos 9

Rainer Facius, Günther Reitz, Horst Bücker, Ludmila V Nevzgodina, EN Maksimova, 1992, Impact Parameter Determination for the Passage of Cosmic Heavy Ions through Mesoscopic Biological Test Organisms, Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements, Vol. 20, No. 1, 207-216
Temporal Coverage 1989-09-15T00:00:00Z/1989-09-29T00:00:00Z
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 2025-11-07T11:34:40Z
Last Update 2026-03-04
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, Gunther Reitz et al., 2025, 'DOSICOS 2', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-czuv618