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FLORIDA TODAY THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2006 9A Van Allen, space pioneer, dies at 91 Your memories aren't meant to be inside a computer 300 Dealers and JB Eateries! BACK TO SuperwfleA' SCHOOL? farmersW market) Radiation belts named after physicist "America'sGreat Outdoor Mall" Open Every 9anv4pm Southern Artistic Giclee Prints available at Southern Photo 'X Jj' Hours: Mon-Fri 9a-6p Sat 9a-5p 125 NASA Blvd Melbourne 321.254.4224 In 1987, President Reagan presented Van Allen with the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest honor for scientific achievement. In 1987, he received the Cra-f oord Prize, awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm for scientific research in areas not recognized by the Nobel Prizes. ifj rH nl 11 1 1 1 1 ri I 1 1 1 1 l-JJ Th ri 1 ASSOCIATED PRESS IOWA CITY, Iowa Physicist James 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 years, announced the death in a statement on its Website.

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 instruments he designed and placed aboard the first U.S. satellite, Explorer discovered the bands of intense radiation that surround the earth, now known as the Van Allen Belts. The bands spawned a whole new field of research known as magnetospheric physics, an area of study that now involves more than 1,000 investigators in more than 20 countries. The discovery also propelled the United States in its space exploration race with the Soviet Union and prompted Time maga WHEN YOU OPEN A NEW THE HOME DEPOT CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT.

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