Area PADLES ・E Area PADLES 4
Status of Space radiation environment monitor
4. Area PADLES 4
: April 2010 STS-131 (19A) Launch - February 2011 STS-133 (ULF5) Return
The forth Area PADLES dosimeter was launched onto the ISS by the STS-131 Space Shuttle Discovery. A total of 17 Area PADLES dosimeters were installed, 12 in Pressurized Module (PM) and 5 in Experiment Logistics Module-Pressurized Section (ELM-PS).
The forth dosimeters, newly installed and uninstalled, measured the dose for 10 months.
JAXA astronaut Soich Noguchi as an ISS Expedition 23 crew installed the Area PADLES 4 dosimeter in Kibo, after calling down from JAXA astronaut and the STS-131 crew Naoko Yamazaki with “Hajimema-su” in Japanese.
April 16, 2010, JAXA astronaut Noguchi had Area PADLES dosimeter for ELM-PS zenith side on his left hand.