Scientific research.Right, Lieutenant Commander Malcolm D. Ross holds a model of the Stratolab balloon showing the 16" telescope mounted on the top. On 8 November 1956, Ross and Lieutenant Commander M. Lee Lewis piloted the Stratolab to a world altitude record of 76,000 feet on a flight to gather meteorological me·te·or·ol·o·gy n. The science that deals with the phenomena of the atmosphere, especially weather and weather conditions. [French météorologie, from Greek , cosmic ray cosmic ray High-speed particle (atomic nucleus or electron) that travels through the Milky Way Galaxy. Some cosmic rays originate from the Sun, but most come from outside the solar system. and other scientific data necessary to improve safety at high altitudes. From 1951 through 1994, the U.S. Navy, under the Project Magnet Project Magnet was an unidentified flying object (UFO) study programme established by the Canadian Department of Transport (DOT) on December 2, 1950, under the direction of Wilbert B. Smith, senior radio engineer for the DOT's Broadcast and Measurements Section. program, collected aeromagnetic survey An aeromagnetic survey is a common type of geophysical survey carried out using a magnetometer aboard or towed behind an aircraft. The principal is similar to a magnetic survey carried out with a hand-held magnetometer, but allows much larger areas of the Earth's surface to be data to support a Defense Mapping Agency world magnetic modeling and charting program. Above, a VXN-8 P-3 Orion flies a Project Magnet mission in 1987. |
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