1982 - NRL's SUSIM instrument
flown aboard space shuttle
1983 - NRL (SURE) experiment
flown aboard NASA's space shuttle (STS-7), the first to be carried
on the Shuttle's GAS container with a motorized opening door.
SURE observed ionospheric storms resulting from solar flares
and eruptions
1983 - First successful launch
of the the LiPS research satellites, which were developed from
launch vehicle protective shields usually jettisoned in space
(also see Space Technology Milestones)
1984 - NRL SOLWIND coronagraph
observed mass ejections of plasma through the corona of the Sun
into interplanetary space
1984 - NRL HIIS experiment flown
aboard NASA's Space Shuttle
1985 - NRL SPARTAN X-ray astronomy
experiment, first of the NASA Spartan series pioneerd by NRL,
flown aboard space shuttle
1985 - NRL's Dr. John-David Bartoe,
a payload specialist on Spacelab 2, became one of the first scientists
to fly aboard the space shuttle and operate his own instruments-
HRTS and SUSIM
1985 - NRL's SURE experiment
flown on space shuttle (STS 51-G) to measure the natural radiation
in the Earth's upper atmosphere at extreme ultraviolet
wavelengths
1988 - Development of a far-ultraviolet
imaging spectrograph, to be flown as part of U.S.Air Force Spartan-281
shuttle payload
1990 - Retrieval of HIIS experiment,
a cosmic-ray detector, after almost six years in space on NASA's
LDEF
1990 - Launch and operation of the SDIO-sponsored (LACE) satellite
in support of two Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (then
SDIO) experiments (also see Space Technology Milestones)
1991 - Use of NRL-developed array
of high-resolution detectors to find traces of rare isotope Beryllium-7
on NASA's LDEF
1991 - Launch of OSSE, on NASA's
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, to measure the spectra and time
variability of gamma rays
1991 - Launch, aboard Space Shuttle
Discovery, of NRL's Ultraviolet Limb Imaging Experiment to measure
UV radiation emitted by the upper atmosphere
1991 - Launch of NRL's Far-ultraviolet
Cameras Experiment, aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, to measure
and map the UV radiation environment in near-Earth space
1991 - Launch of NRL SUSIM on
NASA's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
1992 - Discovery of a new belt
of radiation trapped in the Earth's magnetic field by NRL and
Russian scientists
1992 - Launch of NRL's HERCULES
geolocating camera on July 13 aboard STS-53
1993 - Launch of NRL's SUSIM
and MAS with NASA's ATLAS payload on April 8
1994 - Launch of the NRL-developed
Deep Space Program Science Experiment (DSPSE), also known as
Clementine 1, on January 25 as the first unmanned lunar
mission in 25 years (also see Space Technology Milestones)
1994 - Launch of three NRL-developed
sensors, SUSIM, MAS, and MAHRSI, aboard NASA's ATLAS-3 mission
1995 - Launch of NRL's far ultraviolet
imaging spectrograph (FUVIS) experiment aboard the space shuttle
Discovery, on February 3
1995 - Launch of NRL-developed
HERCULES on space shuttle mission STS-70.
1995 - Launch of LASCO and EIT,
aboard the European Space Agency/NASA
1996 - Launch of the TRIS experiment
as a GAS payload onboard NASA space shuttle mission STS-76, which
flew on March 21
1996 - Deployment of the TiPS
experiment to research the gravity-gradient dynamics and survivability
of a tethered system in space (also see Space Technology
Milestones)
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