A Really Short Introduction to Solar Physics
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Alphonse Sterling↗
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Key Components of the Next Generation Solar Physics Mission (NGSPM)
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Heather A Futrell↗
Proceedings of the Space Shuttle Sortie Workshop. Volume 2: Working group reports
Details are presented on the mission planning progress in each of the working paper reports. The general topics covered are the following: space technology; materials processing and space manufacturing; communications and navigation; earth and ocean physics; oceanography; earth resources and surface environmental quality; meteorology and atmospheric environmental quality; life sciences; atmospheric and space physics; solar physics; high energy cosmic rays; X-ray and gamma ray astronomy; ultraviolet-optical astronomy; planetary astronomy; and infrared astronomy.
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The first Spacelab payload - A joint NASA/ESA venture
Planning for the 1980 qualification flight of Spacelab, which will involve a long module and one pallet, is discussed. The mission will employ two payload specialists, one sponsored by NASA and the other by ESA. Management of the Spacelab mission functions, including definition and execution of the on-board experiments, development of the experimental hardware and training of the payload specialists, is considered; studies proposed in the areas of atmospheric physics, space plasma physics, solar physics, earth observations, astronomy, astrophysics, life sciences and material sciences are reviewed. Analyses of the Spacelab environment and the Spacelab-to-orbiter and Spacelab-to-experiment interactions are also planned.
Kennedy, R.↗
NASA selects 40 investigations for Spacelab/shuttle flights
Seven experiments proposed by scientists in Belgium, Canada, France, and Japan were chosen, along with 33 investigations from the United States, to be studied and developed for a series of shuttle flights planned for the period between 1983 and 1985. The cost of the U.S. effort is expected to total about $100 million over the next five-year period. The foreign countries will fund their own investigations. The disciplines involved are astronomy, upper atmospheric physics, solar physics, and high energy astrophysics. A list of the investigators, the organizations they represent, and the names of the experiments is included.
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25-kW power module
The 25-kW power module design and operational characteristics and the benefits for payloads are presented. The module will allow the Shuttle Orbiter to be utilized on-orbit to its optimum capability of power and duration for sortie/Spacelab missions, and will provide central power-rich base for free-flyer payloads requiring increased electrical power and on-orbit stay-times of up to 5 years. Concepts of the module in the sortie and free-flyer modes are depicted with resource capabilities for experimentation in astronomy, solar physics, solar terrestrial observations, and materials processing which require long duration and/or high power missions. In the sortie mode operation the Orbiter fuel cell will be in an idle mode, with the 25-kW module providing payload power needs, and in the free-flyer mode the module will provide power needs to multiple payloads. Design considerations, the thermal control subsystem, the attitude control subsystem, command and data handling, and the electrical power subsystem are described.
Powell, L. E.↗
Research and technology, fiscal year 1982
Advanced studies are reviewed. Atmospheric sciences, magnetospheric physics, solar physics, gravitational physics, astronomy, and materials processing in space comprise the research programs. Large space systems, propulsion technology, materials and processes, electrical/electronic systems, data bases/design criteria, and facilities development comprise the technology development activities.
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STS-9: Orbital Workshop Spacelab to Fly on Ninth Shuttle Mission
The first non-astronants are discussed. Spacelab is described. Spacelab objectives, Spacelab 1 investigations, atmospheric physics and Earth observations, space plasma physics, solar physics and astronomy, material sciences and technology development, and life sciences are discussed.
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Research and technology
Activities of the Goddard Space Flight Center are described in the areas of planets and interplanetary media, comets, astronomy and high-energy physics, solar physics, atmospheres, terrestrial physics, ocean science, sensors and space technology, techniques, user space data systems, space communications and navigation, and system and software engineering. Flight projects and mission definition studies are presented, and institutional technology is described.
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Space physics strategy: Implementation study. Volume 2: Program plan
In June, 1989, the Space Science and Applications Advisory Committee (SSAAC) authorized its Space Physics Subcommittee (SPS) to prepare a plan specifying the future missions, launch sequence, and encompassing themes of the Space Physics Division. The plan, now complete, is the product of a year-long study comprising two week-long workshops - in January and June 1990 - assisted by pre-workshop, inter-workshop, and post-workshop preparation and assessment activities. The workshops engaged about seventy participants, drawn equally from the Division's four science disciplines: cosmic and heliospheric physics, solar physics, magnetosphere physics, and ionosphere-thermosphere-mesospheric physics. An earlier report records the outcome of the first workshop; this is the report of the final workshop.
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Physics of the solar system
Solar system, solar physics, planetary atmospheres and structure, and origin of planets and moon - conference
Rasool, S. I.↗
Biological effects and physics of solar and galactic cosmic radiation, Part B; Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute on Biological Effects and Physics of Solar and Galactic Cosmic Radiation, Algarve, Portugal, Oct. 13-23, 1991
Since there is an increasing interest in establishing lunar bases and exploring Mars by manned missions, it is important to develop appropriate risk estimates and radiation protection guidelines. The biological effects and physics of solar and galactic cosmic radiation are examined with respect to the following: the radiation environment of interplanetary space, the biological responses to radiation in space, and the risk estimates for deep space missions. There is a need for a long-term program where ground-based studies can be augmented by flight experiments and an international standardization with respect to data collection, protocol comparison, and formulation of guidelines for future missions.
Swenberg, Charles E.↗
Radio Exploration of the Sun.
Book on solar radio exploration covering electromagnetic radiation discovery, solar physics principles, solar radio activity and research instruments description
SOLAR RADIO WAVE↗
International Solar Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) program
The International Solar Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Program is a large, multi-national program involving three space agencies and up to eight spacecraft. NASA, together with the Institute of Space and Astronomical Science (ISAS) and the European Space Agency (ESA), has agreed in principle to coordinate their efforts in investigating the Sun and the Earth. Each agency is planning to construct and operate different spacecraft as part of this cooperative venture: Geotail provided by ISAS, the Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) and Cluster (four spacecraft) contributed by ESA, and Wind and Polar by NASA. A general description of the program is presented.
Sanford, R.↗
Contributions of SCADM to solar-terrestrial physics
The many different aspects of solar terrestrial physics are summarized. The possible influence of variations in the solar outputs on the terrestrial climate, and the role for SCADM in such studies is emphasized. The use of SCADM to provide detailed information on variations in the solar outputs over a sizeable fraction of the solar cycle, and on the physics of the convection layer of the Sun is discussed.
Fisk, L. A.↗
Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society
From the interior of the Sun, to the upper atmosphere and near-space environment of Earth, and outward to a region far beyond Pluto where the Sun's influence wanes, advances during the past decade in space physics and solar physics the disciplines NASA refers to as heliophysics have yielded spectacular insights into the phenomena that affect our home in space. This report, from the National Research Council's (NRC's) Committee for a Decadal Strategy in Solar and Space Physics, is the second NRC decadal survey in heliophysics. Building on the research accomplishments realized over the past decade, the report presents a program of basic and applied research for the period 2013-2022 that will improve scientific understanding of the mechanisms that drive the Sun's activity and the fundamental physical processes underlying near-Earth plasma dynamics, determine the physical interactions of Earth's atmospheric layers in the context of the connected Sun-Earth system, and enhance greatly the capability to provide realistic and specific forecasts of Earth's space environment that will better serve the needs of society. Although the recommended program is directed primarily to NASA (Science Mission Directorate -- Heliophysics Division) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) (Directorate for Geosciences -- Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences) for action, the report also recommends actions by other federal agencies, especially the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) those parts of NOAA charged with the day-to-day (operational) forecast of space weather. In addition to the recommendations included in this summary, related recommendations are presented in the main text of the report.
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Europe gets aboard the Shuttle
A series of experiments directed by NASA for the European Space Agency's Spacelab are planned for early 1983. Spacelab 1 is scheduled to carry equipment for upper atmosphere research and for experiments in plasma and solar physics, medicine, and thermodynamics. Spacelab 2 will provide equipment for research in astronomy, high-energy physics, astrophysics, and solar physics. Spacelab 3 will be equipped to study materials processing in space, biological tests, and cloud physics. Spacelab is modular and reusable, with the planned life equal to 50 missions. The Space Shuttle will carry a Spacelab with scientific equipment of up to 8800 kg into orbits ranging in altitude from 160 to 1100 km and transmitting data at up to 50 Mb/s. The cost of launching a Shuttle/Spacelab mission is estimated at $28 million.
Moye, J. E.↗
Visualization of International Solar-Terrestrial Physics Program (ISTP) data
The International Solar-Terrestrial Physics Program (ISTP) is a multispacecraft, multinational program whose objective is to promote further understanding of the Earth's complex plasma environment. Extensive data sharing and data analysis will be needed to ensure the success of the overall ISTP program. For this reason, there has been a special emphasis on data standards throughout ISTP. One of the key tools will be the common data format (CDF), developed, maintained, and evolved at the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC), with the set of ISTP implementation guidelines specially designed for space physics data sets by the Space Physics Data Facility (associated with the NSSDC). The ISTP guidelines were developed to facilitate searching, plotting, merging, and subsetting of data sets. We focus here on the plotting application. A prototype software package was developed to plot key parameter (KP) data from the ISTP program at the Science Planning and Operations Facility (SPOF). The ISTP Key Parameter Visualization Tool is based on the Interactive Data Language (IDL) and is keyed to the ISTP guidelines, reading data stored in CDF. With the combination of CDF, the ISTP guidelines, and the visualization software, we can look forward to easier and more effective data sharing and use among ISTP scientists.
Kessel, Ramona L.↗