Spying on the Plasma Tests
In this 1966 experiment at the Lewis Research Center (now the John H. Glenn Research Center) in Cleveland, Ohio, a scientist watches simulated Van Allen Belts created by a plasma thruster.
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In this 1966 experiment at the Lewis Research Center (now the John H. Glenn Research Center) in Cleveland, Ohio, a scientist watches simulated Van Allen Belts created by a plasma thruster.