Physicist James Van Allen dies; Former UI physicist discovered radiation belts surrounding the Earth that bear his name

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) | August 10, 2006| | Copyright

IOWA CITY (AP) - Physicist James A. Van Allen, a leader in space exploration who discovered the radiation belts surrounding the Earth that now bear his name, died Wednesday. He was 91.

The University of Iowa, where he taught for many years, announced the death in a statement on its Web site.

In a career that stretched over more than a half-century, Van Allen designed scientific instruments for dozens of research flights, first with small rockets and balloons, and eventually with space probes that traveled to distant planets and beyond.

Van Allen gained global attention in the late 1950s when ...

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