The international space station as an observatory for cosmic-ray physics and astrophysics

Journal Article · Fri Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 1999 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.57682· OSTI ID:21202502

Jones, W Vernon ^[1]

---

1. NASA Headquarters, Office of Space Science, Code SR, Washington, District of Columbia 20546 (United States)

The International Space Station is an ideal platform for observing cosmic rays. Furthermore, it can readily accommodate the instrumentation needed to address all of the top-priority science objectives identified in 1995 by the National Academy of Sciences for 'Plasma Processes that Accelerate Very Energetic Particles and Control Their Propagation'. These objectives are synergistic in their pursuit of the illusive goal of understanding the origin, acceleration, and propagation of the cosmic radiation. A distributed observatory on the International Space Station may be the key to answering this long-standing question in the first decade of the new millennium.

• OSTI ID: 21202502
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 458, Issue 1; Conference: Space technology and applications international forum - 1999, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 31 Jan - 4 Feb 1999; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.57682; (c) 1999 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ASTROPHYSICS
COSMIC RADIATION
COSMIC RAY DETECTION
COSMIC RAY PROPAGATION
ELEMENT ABUNDANCE
ENERGY SPECTRA
EXPERIMENT PLANNING
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
MULTIPARTICLE SPECTROMETERS
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
PLASMA ACCELERATION