radiation

Objects that go outside, like a suit or scientific kit, are affected by the strong radiation of space.

“Radiation forms free radicals on the surface, and they react with oxygen inside the space station, creating a metallic smell,” she says.

‘I’m very excited to finally be done,’ she said of radiation.

A gamma, for example, is a type of radiation.

But it should not be confused with external radiotherapy where they blast tumours from outside the body with radiation.