The Earth's Radiation Belts (VIDEO)

University of Iowa

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The University of Iowa has designed an instrument on board the NASA Radiation Belts Storm Probes, scheduled to launch on Friday. The radiation belts around the Earth are named after UI professor James Van Allen, who discovered the belts in 1958.

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David Gamradt, University of Iowa

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