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U I PDP project helps study shuttle plasma in space
Iowa scientists led by Stanley Shawhan prepare the Plasma Diagnostics Package for NASA's shuttle Columbia. The 400 pound instrument will study plasma around the orbiter and measure electro magnetic interference during flights three to five. Researchers in Iowa City and at Mission Control monitor data as Jack Lousma and C Gordon Fullerton orbit every 90 minutes on a seven day test flight.
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Tom Walsh
Johnson County
Houston
Johnson Space Center
Columbia
Florida
Earth
Shuttle
Jack Lousma
C. Gordon Fullerton
University of Iowa
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U of I
Neil Hutchinson
Mission Control
Stanley Shawhan
PDP
Shawhan
Stanley D. Shawhan
Gerald B. Murphy
Roger D. Anderson