The Van Allen radiation belt is a zone of energetic charged particles, most of which originate from the solar wind, that are captured by and held around...
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The Van Allen Probes, formerly known as the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), were two robotic spacecraft that were used to study the Van Allen radiation...
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establishing the field of magnetospheric research in space. The Van Allen radiation belts were named after him, following his discovery using Geiger–Müller...
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The South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) is an area where Earth's inner Van Allen radiation belt comes closest to Earth's surface, dipping down to an altitude of...
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so that they pass through parts of the Van Allen radiation belt to study the health effects of space radiation and spaceflight on the human body. Later...
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Range (AMR), in Florida. It was the first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen radiation belt, returning data until its batteries were exhausted after nearly...
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structure would lie inside the Van Allen radiation belt, and the space elevator would run through the Van Allen belts. This is not a problem for most...
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so that they pass through parts of the Van Allen radiation belt to study the health effects of space radiation and spaceflight on the human body. Later...
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detonations led to the development of artificial radiation belts. Before the discovery of the natural Van Allen belts in 1958, N. C. Christofilos had suggested...
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US Van Allen radiation belt, a torus of energetic charged particles around Earth Van Allen Probes, two robotic NASA spacecraft Search for "Van Allen" on...
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