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Science on the Space Shuttle
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Science on the Space Shuttle

  • W.M. Neupert1,
  • P.M. Banks2,3,4,
  • G.E. Brueckner5,6,
  • E.G. Chipman7,
  • J. Cowles8,9,
  • J.A.M McDonnell10,11,
  • R. Novick12,13,
  • S. Ollendorf14,15,
  • S.D. Shawhan16,17,
  • J.J. Triolo18 &
  • …
  • J.L. Weinberg19,20 

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. OSS-1 Mission Scientist and Head of the Solar Plasmas Branch, Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics, at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland

    W.M. Neupert

  2. Principal Investigator of the Vehicle Charging and Potential Experiment,

    P.M. Banks

  3. Adjunct Professor Physics at Utah State University, Logan, Utah

    P.M. Banks

  4. Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, Stanford, California

    P.M. Banks

  5. Principal Investigator of the Solar Ultraviolet Irradiance Monitor,

    G.E. Brueckner

  6. Head of the Solar Physics Branch at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC

    G.E. Brueckner

  7. Program Scientist for the OSS-1 mission at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC

    E.G. Chipman

  8. Principal Investigator of the Plant Lignification Experiment,

    J. Cowles

  9. Professor of Biology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas

    J. Cowles

  10. Principal Investigator of the Microfoil Abrasion Experiment,

    J.A.M McDonnell

  11. Reader in Space Sciences at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

    J.A.M McDonnell

  12. Principal Investigator of the Solar Flare X-ray Polarimeter,

    R. Novick

  13. Professor of Physics, Columbia University, New York

    R. Novick

  14. Principal Investigator of the Thermal Canister Experiment,

    S. Ollendorf

  15. Head, Spacecraft Component Development and Analysis Section, Goddard Space Flight Center,

    S. Ollendorf

  16. Principal Investigator of the Plasma Diagnostics Package,

    S.D. Shawhan

  17. Professor of Physics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

    S.D. Shawhan

  18. Principal Investigator of the Contamination Monitor Package is in the Spacecraft Component Development and Analysis Section, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland

    J.J. Triolo

  19. Principal Investigator of the Shuttle Spacelab Induced Atmospheres Experiment,

    J.L. Weinberg

  20. Research Scientist and Director of the Space Astronomy Laboratory at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

    J.L. Weinberg

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