Area PADLES ・E Area PADLES 7
Status of Space radiation environment monitor
7. Area PADLES 7
: December 2011 Soyuz TMA-03M (29S) Launch - April 2012 Soyuz TMA-22 (28S) Return
The seventh Area PADLES dosimeter was launched onto the ISS by Soyuz TMA-04M (30S). 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 seventh dosimeters that were newly installed and uninstalled measured the dose of about four months.NASA astronaut Daniel Burbankwho was on board 29S installed and uninstalled the Area PADLES 7 dosimeter in Kibo.
ISS Expedition 30 crew
(Front row left-hand side: NASA astronaut Daniel Burbank)
(Front row left-hand side: NASA astronaut Daniel Burbank)
Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko (right)>handed over Area PADLES dosimeter to NASA astronaut Daniel Burbank (left)) for installing.
Before installation of Area PADLES dosimeter in Kibo
The seventh Area PADLES dosimeter was spent a half an hour to install in Kibo.
Donald Pettit astronaut (left) the Area PADLES dosimeter which removed from the "Kibo" interior of a ship,
Signs that the Anton Shkaplerov astronaut (right) who returns by Soyuz TMA-22 (28S) is passed
Signs that the Anton Shkaplerov astronaut (right) who returns by Soyuz TMA-22 (28S) is passed