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Van Allen Receives Medal of Science for Space Belt Discovery
Washington AP James Van Allen of Iowa (University of Iowa) and 19 others were awarded the Medal of Science by President Reagan. Van Allen, famed for identifying Earth's Van Allen radiation belts in 1958, helped map magnetic belts around Jupiter and Saturn and contributed to Explorer 1 and Pioneer missions. He heads U of I physics, aided Galileo mission, and advises Congress and NASA. Iowa enrollment falls then may rebound to a 1983 peak.
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