Science and Exploration

The Phantom on The Space Station

By Keith Cowing
May 24, 2013
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Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov (left) and Mikhail Kornienko, both Expedition 23 flight engineers, work with the European Matroshka-R Phantom experiment in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. Matroshka, the name for the traditional Russian set of nestling dolls, is an antroph-amorphous model of a human torso designed for radiation studies. high res (1.8 M) low res (121 K)

Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov (left) and Mikhail Kornienko, both Expedition 23 flight engineers, work with the European Matroshka-R Phantom experiment in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. Matroshka, the name for the traditional Russian set of nestling dolls, is an antroph-amorphous model of a human torso designed for radiation studies. high res (1.8 M) low res (121 K)

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