Workshops on Radiation Monitoring to assess Human Exposures inside the Solar System

Previously: Workshops on Radiation Monitoring for the International Space Station

The Workshop on Radiation Monitoring for the International Space Station (WRMISS) was founded by Dr. Günther Reitz (German Aerospace Center) in 1996 to discuss the scientific definition of an adequate radiation monitoring package to optimise the radiation safety of the ISS crew and its use by the scientific community. On the annual meetings types of instruments and research topics were defined to achieve the most precise measurements of the radiation field inside the ISS. The first presentation on measurements beyond the ISS orbit were included in the 17th Workshop program, namely data from Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) on the Mars Science LAB (MSL). Going forward, the workshop will encourage further beyond ISS human related radiation measurement submissions, continuing to focus on its main objectives, thereby characterizing the radiation environments humans will be exposed to in order to pave the way for human exploration of the solar system.

To express the content of the workshop more precise the community has agreed to modify the name of the workshop from “Workshop on Radiation Monitoring for the International Space Station on Radiation monitoring” to “Workshop on Radiation Monitoring related to Humans inside the Solar System” by keeping the short-ID WRMISS.

From 2026 on the workshop will be co-chaired by Dr. Günther Reitz (guenther.reitz@dlr.de) and Dr. Thomas Berger (thomas.berger@dlr.de) at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). For further questions please contact the chairmen of the workshop.

The table below lists the workshops held so far, with links to the proceedings.

The 29^th Workshop will be hosted in Prague, Czech Republic, on 1–3 September 2026.

**Overview of previous workshops**
Nr.	Year	Location
28	2–4 Sep 2025	DLR, Cologne, Germany
27	3–5 Sep 2024	Boulder, Co, USA
26	5–7 Sep 2023	Rome, Italy
25	6–8 Sep 2022	Mons, Belgium
24	3–5 Sep 2019	Athens, Greece
23	4–6 Sep 2018	Tsuruga, Japan
22	5–7 Sep 2017	Torino, Italy
21	6–8 Sep 2016	Noordwijk, The Netherlands
20	8–10 Sep 2015	Cologne, Germany
19	9–11 Sep 2014	Kraków, Poland
18	3–5 Sep 2013	Budapest, Hungary
17	4–6 Sep 2012	Austin, Texas, USA
16	6–8 Sep 2011	Prague, Czech Republic
15	7–9 Sep 2010	Frascati, Italy
14	8–10 Sep 2009	Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland
13	8–10 Sep 2008	Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, Krakow, Poland
12	10–12 Sep 2007	Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
11	6–8 Sep 2006	St. Peters College, Oxford, UK
10	7–9 Sep 2005	Chiba, Japan
9	8–10 Sep 2004	Atominstitute of the Austrian Universities, Vienna, Austria
8	3–5 Sep 2003	LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
7	2–4 Sep 2002	IPSN, Paris, France
6	12–14 Sep 2001	Jesus College, Oxford, UK
5	7–8 Sep 2000	UCL, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
4	1–5 Nov 1999	DERA, Farnborough, UK
3	24–26 Mar 1998	Aerospace Electronics Laboratory, Budapest, Hungary
2	1997	Bonn-Wachtberg, Germany
1	1996	Bulgaria

After very fruitful discussions a set of recommendations (available from the left hand menu) for future research and instrument development was issued and distributed to all relevant bodies.

Intercalibration campaigns

During the fourth WRMISS in Farnborough, all participants agreed that it is necessary to establish a process for calibration and intercomparison of space radiation dosimeters. A group (Günther Reitz, Rudolf Beaujean, Tom Borak, Kazunobu Fujitaka and Jack Miller) was established to coordinate the calibrations at the following facilities:

Intercomparison at HIMAC
CERN-EC Reference Field (CERF)
Proton facility at Loma Linda
Brookhaven beams at AGS and BAF

More information on the calibration campaigns is available at the ICCHIBAN website.

Last update: 16 December 2025