Current Status of Space Radiobiological Studies in China

Publication date: Available online 8 May 2019Source: Life Sciences in Space ResearchAuthor(s): Weiwei Pei, Wentao Hu, Zhifang Chai, Guangming ZhouAbstractAfter successfully launching two space laboratories, Tiangong-1 and Tiangong-2, China has announced her next plan of constructing the China Space Station (CSS) in 2022. The CSS will provide not only platforms for Chinese scientists to carry out experimental studies in outer space but also opportunities for open international cooperation. In this article, we review the development of China's manned space exploration missions and the preliminary plan for CSS. Besides, China has initiated space radiation research decades ago with both ground-based simulation research platform and space vehicles and has made noticeable progresses in several aspects. These include the studies for human health risk assessment using mammalian cell cultures and animals as models. Furthermore, there have been numerous studies in assessing the space environment in plant breeding.
Source: Life Sciences in Space Research - Category: Biology Source Type: research