The Space Radiobiological Exposure Facility on the China Space Station
The Space Radiobiological Exposure Facility (SREF) is a general experimental facility at the China Space Station for scientific research in the fields of space radiation protection, space radiation biology, biotechnology, and the origin of life. The facility provides an environment with controllable temperatures for experiments with organic molecules and model organisms such as small animals, plant seeds, and microorganisms. The cultivation of small animals can be achieved in the facility with the use of microfluidic chips and images and videos of such experiments can be captured by microscopy. SREF also includes a linear energy transfer (LET) detector, neutron detectors, and a solar ultraviolet (UV) detector to measure the LET spectrum of the charged particles, energy spectrum and dose equivalent of neutrons, and fluence of solar UV radiation, respectively. The facility is reusable, and the model organisms from the first exposure experiment were recovered in orbit and returned to the ground for further study.
Authors
- Zida Quan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5362-9334)
- Wei Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5111-4097)
- Huanxin Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-1656)
- Lei Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5912-2676)
- Binquan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9417-5730)
- Fangwu Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2586-3569)
- Lijun Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6212-3036)
- Ai‐Jun Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7757-0800)
- Changsheng Tuo
- Runtao Zhong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4100-7984)
- Guohong Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1157-8775)
- Shenyi Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9111-0349)
- Chunqin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7492-3113)
- Yuming Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9279-8245)
- Bin Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0450-3532)
- Tao Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-4686)
- Jing Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3567-5281)
- Meng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5509-9365)
- Weibo Zheng
- Ying Sun
- Wei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4088-5395)
- Yeqing Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8708-9962)
- Qiang Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1102-4855)
- Zheng Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8986-6841)
- Guanghui Tong
- Yueqiang Sun
- Bo Su
- Xianguo Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3701-6215)
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- National Space Science Center (CN)
- Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (CN)
- Dalian Maritime University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Astrobiology
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2024.0027
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.46