| Name | RADO 3 - Space radiation study outside and inside the recoverable spacecraft Foton |
| Operational Nomenclature | RADO 3 |
| URL | https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/investigation;investigationAcronym=RADO3_RETR |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-k6h3yyv |
| Platform | Retrievable Facilities |
| HRE-E3P Category | Biology |
| Mission | Foton-M3 |
| 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 | Jozsef K. Palfalvi |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Team Members | RADO3_RETR |
| Publication | A highly detailed manuscript was prepared about the radiation recordings made by RADO 2 and RADO 3, highlighting the impressive differences between the two, which could not be explained by the timing within the solar cycle, the flight parameters or any other factors. This paper was never published however. The reviewers were too much puzzled by the non-understood discrepancy between the results, which suggested that the data were someway incorrect. A natural change in the radiation environment between RADO 2 (2005) and RADO 3 (2007) was deemed impossible.[1] B. Dudás, J. Palfalvi, J. Szabó & I. Féher, (2008), Cosmic radiation studies by SSNTD stacks in the Biopan-6 project[2] B. Dudás, J. Pálfalvi & J. Szabó, (2008), HZE measurements by PADC track etch detectors during the Foton M2 and Foton M3 missions (BIOPAN-5 and BIOPAN-6 results), in: 13th Workshop on Radiation Monitoring for the International Space Station, 8-10 Sep 2008, Kraków, Poland. [3] René Demets, (2022), Biopan - Post-Flights Review |
| Temporal Coverage | 2007-09-14T00:00:00Z/2007-09-26T00:00:00Z |
| 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 | 2026-05-22T17:22:14Z |
| Last Update | 2026-07-09 |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Jozsef K. Palfalvi, 2026, 'RADO 3', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-k6h3yyv |
| Rights | Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license. |