02499nam 2200457 450 991061621160332120231110224539.09783031102868(electronic bk.)9783031102851(MiAaPQ)EBC7102396(Au-PeEL)EBL7102396(CKB)24950542000041(PPN)264956877(EXLCZ)992495054200004120230227d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMy life in space exploration /Gerhard HaerendelCham, Switzerland :Springer,[2022]©20221 online resource (237 pages)Springer Biographies Print version: Haerendel, Gerhard My Life in Space Exploration Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031102851 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 My Way into Physics -- 2 The Mission -- 2.1 There Is Magic in Every Beginning -- 2.2 Breakthrough in the Sahara -- 2.3 The Pioneers -- 2.4 Chasing the Aurora Borealis -- 2.5 UFOs in the Morning Sky of the American East Coast -- 2.6 Up into the Magnetosphere -- 2.7 The Equatorial Ionosphere and President Nixon -- 2.8 The Lost Manuscript -- 2.9 Setting the Course -- 2.10 A Hit at Minus 54° -- 2.11 Porcupine Torn Apart in the Air -- 2.12 52 h of Travel for a 5 min Lecture -- 2.13 Drowning Our Sorrows in Planteur -- 2.14 EISCAT -- 2.15 Once Again at the Equator -- 2.16 Mission Accomplished: The Christmas Comet -- References -- 3 Various Ways Forward -- 3.1 Excursion into Infrared Astronomy -- 3.2 A Telescope for Crete -- 3.3 Teaching and Other Sidelines -- 3.4 The Turning Point -- 3.5 With Freja and EISCAT into the Aurora Borealis -- 3.6 COSPAR -- 3.7 Equator-S or the Limits of DIY -- 3.8 Fighting for the Future -- 3.9 The Founding Dean -- References -- 4 Years of Harvest -- References -- 5 Reflexion.Springer Biographies AstrophysicistsAstrophysicsAstrophysicists.Astrophysics.523.010924Haerendel Gerhard1260238MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910616211603321My Life in Space Exploration2920205UNINA