LEADER 02499nam 2200457 450 001 9910616211603321 005 20231110224539.0 010 $a9783031102868$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031102851 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7102396 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7102396 035 $a(CKB)24950542000041 035 $a(PPN)264956877 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924950542000041 100 $a20230227d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMy life in space exploration /$fGerhard Haerendel 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer,$d[2022] 210 4$d©2022 215 $a1 online resource (237 pages) 225 1 $aSpringer Biographies 311 08$aPrint version: Haerendel, Gerhard My Life in Space Exploration Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031102851 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 My Way into Physics -- 2 The Mission -- 2.1 There Is Magic in Every Beginning -- 2.2 Breakthrough in the Sahara -- 2.3 The Pioneers -- 2.4 Chasing the Aurora Borealis -- 2.5 UFOs in the Morning Sky of the American East Coast -- 2.6 Up into the Magnetosphere -- 2.7 The Equatorial Ionosphere and President Nixon -- 2.8 The Lost Manuscript -- 2.9 Setting the Course -- 2.10 A Hit at Minus 54° -- 2.11 Porcupine Torn Apart in the Air -- 2.12 52 h of Travel for a 5 min Lecture -- 2.13 Drowning Our Sorrows in Planteur -- 2.14 EISCAT -- 2.15 Once Again at the Equator -- 2.16 Mission Accomplished: The Christmas Comet -- References -- 3 Various Ways Forward -- 3.1 Excursion into Infrared Astronomy -- 3.2 A Telescope for Crete -- 3.3 Teaching and Other Sidelines -- 3.4 The Turning Point -- 3.5 With Freja and EISCAT into the Aurora Borealis -- 3.6 COSPAR -- 3.7 Equator-S or the Limits of DIY -- 3.8 Fighting for the Future -- 3.9 The Founding Dean -- References -- 4 Years of Harvest -- References -- 5 Reflexion. 410 0$aSpringer Biographies 606 $aAstrophysicists 606 $aAstrophysics 615 0$aAstrophysicists. 615 0$aAstrophysics. 676 $a523.010924 700 $aHaerendel$b Gerhard$01260238 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910616211603321 996 $aMy Life in Space Exploration$92920205 997 $aUNINA