Shuttle beam to stage space light show during Columbia flight
Space physicists from Iowa Stanford and Utah State join NASA to study electron beam interactions with the upper atmosphere aboard space shuttle Columbia. Astronauts Jack Lousma and C Gordon Fullerton will deploy instruments including the Plasma Diagnostics Package to observe aurora like emissions and advance understanding of planetary auroras and related physics.
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Reusable shuttle saves money says U of Iowa physicist
University of Iowa space physicist Stanley Shawhan argues a reusable shuttle craft can reduce research costs by enabling retrievable satellites and in-flight experimentation. He notes cost pressures, material choices to resist space corrosion, and PDP budget changes from 4.3 million dollars with a delayed second flight now extending to 1984.
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Shuttle Columbia Flight Schedules 115 Orbits University PDP Plan
Houston timetable details a space shuttle Columbia mission with 115 orbits over 71 percent flight days. The University of Iowa Plasma Diagnostics Package will monitor ionospheric effects and electron beam interactions, with data passes from North Liberty Observatory across flight days one through eight and PDP checks at White Sands upon landing.
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University of Iowa Space Mission Chronology
The University of Iowa contributed to space research from Explorer 1 in 1958 through later missions. Explorer 1 data aided James Van Allen in discovering Earth's radiation belts, a landmark in space physics. The Columbia shuttle is noted as the 58th UAE spacecraft carrying UI instruments.
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