NASA Space Radiation Laboratory

The NASA Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL, previously called Booster Applications Facility), is a heavy ion beamline research facility; part of the Collider-Accelerator Department of Brookhaven National Laboratory, located in Upton, New York on Long Island. Its primary mission is to use ion beams (H⁺to Bi⁸³⁺) to simulate the cosmic ray radiation fields that are more prominent beyond Earth's atmosphere.