# James Van Allen
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James Alfred Van Allen (September 7, 1914 – August 9, 2006) was an American space scientist at the University of Iowa. He was instrumental in establishing the field of magnetospheric research in space.
The Van Allen radiation belts were named after him, following his discovery using Geiger–Müller tube instruments on the 1958 satellites (Explorer 1, Explorer 3, and Pioneer 3) during the International Geophysical Year.
Episode 99: Professor Stamatios Krimigis – Exploring the Solar System with Voyager
A chance meeting with James van Allen led Stamatios Krimigis to build instruments for Mariner 3 and 4. Eventually became a Principle Investigator for the charged particle instrument on voyager which was initially known as Mariner Jupiter Saturn 77 program
THE VAN HALEN BELT
A 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 a planet by that planet's magnetosphere.
The man, JAMES VAN ALLEN, is of no relation to our James.
Alas, everything that has ever happened to you ha…
Season 2, Episode 1: Explorer 1 with Jim Green
The year was 1958; the space race was on. NASA’s first space satellite, Explorer 1, launched a Geiger counter and miniature tape recorder into space that registered astonishingly high radiation levels above Earth. This discovery gave humanity its first glimpse of the Van Allen radiation belts, name…
Into the Belts of Fire
In the summer of 1958, the United States quietly launched a small satellite that carried a very big secret. Explorer 4 wasn’t just another science mission. It was part of a classified effort to understand what happens when nuclear weapons are detonated in space.
Designed by Dr. James Van Allen’s te…
What Everyone Must Know About Climate Sensitivity with James Hansen
In this Climate Chat episode, renowned climate scientist James Hansen returns to Climate Chat to discuss Climate Sensitivity. Climate sensitivity relates to how much the Earth will warm in response "forcings" such as human-caused greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Such warming includes the direct war…
NASA’s 10-Second Van Allen Belt “Confession” — Debunked?
For more than 50 years, one question has refused to disappear: How did the Apollo astronauts survive the Van Allen radiation belts?
The debate exploded again after a 2014 NASA video showed engineer Kelly Smith saying, “We must solve these challenges before we send people through this region of spac…
Nobody Had Ever Lost Control of a Spacecraft | Butch Wilmore
Butch Wilmore was flying a Boeing Starliner 300 meters from the space station when the fourth of eight aft thrusters failed, and no crewed spacecraft in history had ever lost that much control. He tells Jack Graham and Jeremiah Johnston, PhD what went through his mind, which was not a prayer for re…
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