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James Van Allen: The First Eight Billion Miles

Astrophysicist and space pioneer James Van Allen (1914-2006), for whom the Van Allen radiation belts were named, was among the principal scientific investigators for twenty-four space missions, including Explorer I in 1958, the first successful U.S. satellite; Mariner 2's 1962 flyby of Venus, t...

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Autor principal: Foerstner, Abigail
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: University of Iowa Press 2009
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1438120