The plasma-filled shield would offer protection from harmful particles British scientists are planning to see whether a Star Trek-style deflector shield could be built to protect astronauts from ...

A Star Trek style deflector shield that could protect deep-space astronauts, such as the much-discussed manned mission to Mars, from cancer-causing levels of radiation is in testing, researchers ...

Most notably, Inspiration Mars, which will send two humans to Mars in 2018, will employ a radiation shield fashioned out of food, water, and poop stored against the hull of the spacecraft.