Space Summer School

Space Summer School Space Summer School
  • Contact

    Marjan Moreels
    SCK-CEN, Belgium

  • Keywords

    Space, astronaut, space health effects, radiation, life support, habitation, materials, microgravity, life sciences

  • Registration costs

    depends on type of participant / grants are available

  • Working language

    EN

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The Space Summer School organized at SCK-CEN, Belgium is a multidisciplinary and international learning event for highly-motivated PhD students, early-stage researchers and professionals from a diverse range of educational and professional backgrounds (biomedical scientists, physicists, (bio-)engineers, …), with an interest in life sciences and physical & medical health challenges associated with human space exploration. It combines theoretical classes, practical exercises and technical visits in several domains related to space research and development.

This Space Summer School will concentrate on 4 topics:
- Impact of the space environment on human health
- Space radiation, radiation dosimetry and radiation protection
- Life support and habitation in Space
- Instrumentation, hardware and nuclear energy in space