Abstract-The aims and tasks of the space experiment "BTN Neutron" onboard the Russian segment of the International Space Station are described. The experiment deals with detection of fast and epithermal neu trons, X rays, and gamma rays. Characteristics and a short description of scientific instrumentation BTN M1 for this experiment are presented, as well as the first results of operation of the apparatus onboard the station during the first two years of flight.
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