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[FONT=VERDANA, ARIAL, HELVETICA, SANS-SERIF][SIZE=+2]NASA's radiation belt probes named for James Van Allen[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=VERDANA, ARIAL, HELVETICA, SANS-SERIF][SIZE=-2]BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: November 9, 2012[/SIZE][/FONT]
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1211/09vanallen/# http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1211/09vanallen/# 7
NASA has renamed two satellites launched in August for James Van Allen, a pioneering astrophysicist who discovered the radiation belts surrounding Earth.
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-2]Artist's concept of the Van Allen Probes and Earth's radiation belts. Credit: NASA[/SIZE][/FONT]
Formerly known as the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, the Van Allen Probes began their two-year science mission Oct. 28 after a 60-day commissioning phase.
[FONT=VERDANA, ARIAL, HELVETICA, SANS-SERIF][SIZE=-2]BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: November 9, 2012[/SIZE][/FONT]
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1211/09vanallen/# http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1211/09vanallen/# 7
NASA has renamed two satellites launched in August for James Van Allen, a pioneering astrophysicist who discovered the radiation belts surrounding Earth.
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-2]Artist's concept of the Van Allen Probes and Earth's radiation belts. Credit: NASA[/SIZE][/FONT]
Formerly known as the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, the Van Allen Probes began their two-year science mission Oct. 28 after a 60-day commissioning phase.
