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James A. Van Allen
James Alfred Van Allen was an American space physicist at the University of Iowa who was instrumental in establishing the field of magnetospheric research in space. His discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts in 1958, zones of energetic charged particles trapped by Earth's magnetic field, was the first major scientific finding of the Space Age. As principal investigator for scientific instrumen…
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science · American space physicist (1914-2006) · physicist · astronomer · nuclear physicist · university teacher · earth scientist · also James A. Van Allen, James Van Allen, James Alfred Van Allen, Allen
Born 7 September 1914 · Died 9 August 2006 · Q271963
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2020· 1 entry
2006· 2 entries
Died 2006-08-09.
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Van Allen died at University Hospitals in Iowa City from heart failure at age 91
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2004· 3 entries
The University of Iowa hosted a celebration honoring his 90th birthday, featuring an invited lecture series and a banquet with many former colleagues and students
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“in a dispassionate comparison of the relative values of human and robotic spaceflight, the only surviving motivation for continuing human spaceflight is the ideology of adventure.”
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Van Allen wrote that "in a dispassionate comparison of the relative values of human and robotic spaceflight, the only surviving motivation for continuing human spaceflight is the ideology of adventure
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1997· 1 entry
His instrument provided the last science measurements from the Pioneer mission, a testimony to the reliability and simplicity of his instrument design philosophy
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded Gerard P. Kuiper Prize (1994).
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded Vannevar Bush Award (1991).
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1990· 1 entry
Won Nevada Medal (1990).
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded Crafoord Prize in Geosciences (1989).
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1987· 2 entries
Won National Medal of Science (1987).
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Awarded William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement (1987).
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1985· 2 entries
Awarded Philip Hauge Abelson Prize (1985).
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But continued working at the University of Iowa as the Carver Professor of Physics, emeritus, actively analyzing data and publishing research until shortly before his death
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1984· 1 entry
Awarded International Space Hall of Fame (1984).
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1982· 1 entry
Developing the underlying theory of charged particle absorption by rings and satellites and reconciling the Pioneer results with optical evidence from the Voyager imaging systems
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1979· 1 entry
Provided the first in situ discovery of Saturn's magnetosphere
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1978· 1 entry
Won Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1978).
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1977· 1 entry
Won William Bowie Medal (1977).
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1963· 1 entry
Won John Adam Fleming Medal (1963).
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1962· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (1962).
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1961· 1 entry
Won Elliott Cresson Medal (1961).
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1960· 2 entries
Awarded Time Person of the Year (1960).
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Awarded Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award (1960).
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1958· 3 entries
Pioneer 3 reached an altitude of 63,000 miles (101,000 km), and Van Allen's instruments revealed a second, outer radiation belt
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The first American satellite, Explorer 1, was launched into orbit carrying a cosmic ray experiment designed by Van Allen and his graduate students George H
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Zones of energetic charged particles trapped by Earth's magnetic field, was the first major scientific finding of the Space Age
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1954· 1 entry
Ernst Stuhlinger visited Van Allen (then on sabbatical at Princeton) to discuss an unofficial satellite concept being developed by Wernher von Braun's group at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency
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1953· 1 entry
Rockoons fired off Newfoundland provided the first hint of radiation surrounding the Earth
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1951· 1 entry
Van Allen accepted the position of head of the physics department at the University of Iowa
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1950· 1 entry
Hosted a gathering of scientists including Sydney Chapman, Lloyd Berkner, and S
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1946· 2 entries
Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship (1946).
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Van Allen returned to APL, where he organized a team to conduct upper-atmosphere experiments using captured German V-2 rockets
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1940· 1 entry
Worked under Section T of the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC) on the development of photoelectric and radio proximity fuzes, detonators designed to increase the effectiveness of anti-aircraft fire
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1939· 1 entry
Studied at University of Iowa (1935–1939).
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1935· 1 entry
Studied at Iowa Wesleyan University (1935).
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1914· 2 entries
On a small farm near Mount Pleasant, Iowa
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Born 1914-09-07.
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