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Medium resolution spectra of the shuttle glow in the visible region of the spectrumRecent spectral measurements of the visible shuttle glow (lambda = 400 - 800 nm) at medium resolution (1 nm) reveal the same featureless continuum with a maximum near 680 nm that was reported previously. This is also in good agreement with recent laboratory experiments that attribute the glow to the emissions of NO2 formed by the recombination of O + NO. The data that are presented were taken from the aft flight deck with a hand-held spectrograph and from the shuttle bay with a low-light-level television camera. Shuttle glow images and spectra are presented and compared with laboratory data and theory.
Document ID
19920013140
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Viereck, R. A.
(Phillips Lab. Hanscom AFB, MA., United States)
Murad, E.
(Phillips Lab. Hanscom AFB, MA., United States)
Pike, C. P.
(Phillips Lab. Hanscom AFB, MA., United States)
Mende, S. B.
(Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. Palo Alto, CA., United States)
Swenson, G. R.
(Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. Palo Alto, CA., United States)
Culbertson, F. L.
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Springer, B. C.
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: 5th Annual Workshop on Space Operations Applications and Research (SOAR 1991), Volume 2
Subject Category
Space Transportation
Accession Number
92N22383
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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