James Alfred Van Allen (September 7, 1914 – August 9, 2006) was an American space scientist at the University of Iowa.
The Van Allen radiation belts were named after him, following the 1958 satellite missions (Explorer 1 and Explorer 3) in which Van Allen had argued that a Geiger counter should be used to detect charged particles.
In 1950 an event occurred that began small but was to affect the future of Van Allen and all his countrymen. In March, British Physicist Sydney Chapman dropped in on Van Allen [and] remarked that he would like to meet other scientists in the Washington area. Van Allen got on the phone, soon gathered eight or ten top scientists (Lloyd Berkner, S. Fred Singer, and Harry Vestine) in the living room of his small brick house. ‘It was what you might call a pedigreed bull session,’ he says. ... The talk turned to geophysics and the two ‘International Polar Years’ that had enlisted the world’s leading nations to study the Arctic and Antarctic regions in 1882 and 1932. Someone suggested that with the development of new tools such as rockets, radar and computers, the time was ripe for a worldwide geophysical year. The other men were enthusiastic, and their enthusiasm spread around the world from Washington DC. From this meeting Lloyd Berkner and other participants proposed to the International Council of Scientific Unions that an IGY be planned for 1957-58 during the maximum solar activity). ... The International Geophysical Year (1957-58) stimulated the U.S. Government to promise earth satellites as geophysical tools. The Soviet government countered by rushing its Sputniks into orbit. The race into space or Space Race may be said to have started in Van Allen’s living room that evening in 1950.
James Van Allen: Flights of Discovery
Stock Footage - 1950's - Dr. James Van Allen Interviewed
NASA | Van Allen Probes Reveal Previously Undetected Radiation Belt Around Earth
What did James Van Allen say?
NASA Renames Mission to Honor Pioneering Physicist, APL Trailblazer James Van Allen
Cinturão de Van Allen
NASA Probing Secrets of Van Allen Radiation Belt
Dr. Donald Gurnett on James Van Allen
James Van Allen - Flights of Discovery, Excerpt
How to pronounce James Van Allen (American English/US) - PronounceNames.com
NASA Hangout: Van Allen Probes Discoveries
Famous Iowan James Van Allen
UI alum James Hansen reflects on working with Van Allen
2012 Annual Report Video: Van Allen Probes
James Van Allen: Flights of Discovery
Stock Footage - 1950's - Dr. James Van Allen Interviewed
NASA | Van Allen Probes Reveal Previously Undetected Radiation Belt Around Earth
What did James Van Allen say?
NASA Renames Mission to Honor Pioneering Physicist, APL Trailblazer James Van Allen
Cinturão de Van Allen
NASA Probing Secrets of Van Allen Radiation Belt
Dr. Donald Gurnett on James Van Allen
James Van Allen - Flights of Discovery, Excerpt
How to pronounce James Van Allen (American English/US) - PronounceNames.com
NASA Hangout: Van Allen Probes Discoveries
Famous Iowan James Van Allen
UI alum James Hansen reflects on working with Van Allen
2012 Annual Report Video: Van Allen Probes
Quotes by James Van Allen
Dr. James Van Allen (Astronomy Video)
Khám phá bí ẩn vành đai bức xạ Van Allen
Van Allen Radiation Belt and Human Space Travel
NASA khám phá bí ẩn vành đai bức xạ Van Allen
AGU 2012 Fall Meeting: New Findings, New Enigmas: NASA's Van Allen Probes
Van Allen Probes
Vành Đai Bức Xạ Van Allen
The Heavenly Life Audiobook James ALLEN
Panache Desai - Buddha at the Gas Pump Interview
Dr. H. Günther van Allen im Interview.wmv
Wiz Khalifa | The Eric Andre Show | Adult Swim
Gears of War Judgment Gameplay Interview with Producer Alan Van Slyke
How I Met Your Mother Nabs James Van Der Beek, Alan Thicke & More Guests For Robin Sparkles' Return!
Alan Bean e le Fasce di Van Allen
The Lady In The Van - Alan Bennett [Audiobook]
Discovery: Van Allen Probes Discover Third Belt Around Earth [HD]
Metallica's James Hetfield At Guitar Center
Alan Shearer Interview About Newcastle & Tired Sterling
OF MICE AND MEN Interview w/ Austin Carlile, Alan Ashby & Aaron Pauley
NOT FOR US PUBLIC TO KNOW
Game of Thrones Theon Greyjoy Seasons 3 & 4 Interview - Alfie Allen
Jimmy Fallon Blew a Chance to Date Nicole Kidman
Lou Diamond Phillips / Sherman Allen - Bugs Henderson Interview @ SlideAway Studio
Alan Cumming on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight: INTERVIEW
What's My Line? - Van Heflin; Steve Allen [panel] (Jan 19, 1964)
Lebron James Funny Face in Ray Allen Interviews 1
Alan Watt interviewed by James Jancik (2007)
The Shining Gateway James ALLEN audiobook
Climate Change: James Hansen at Sydney Ideas
NASA's Van Allen Probes Discover Third Radiation Belt Around Earth
James Bond Radio First Birthday Fancast Celebration | James Bond Radio Podcast #031
MoonFaker: Radioactive Anomaly III
Eight Pillars of Prosperity James ALLEN Audiobook
To Boldly Go: America's Next Era in Space. The Plasma Universe
From the Dawn of the Space Age to the Edge of the Solar System
landing safely on the moon is SCIENTIFICALLY IMPOSSIBLE
What happens when you die? (James Van Praagh)
(weneverwenttothemoon.com) FAKE MOON LANDING TOTALLY EXPOSED
Dr Ivan Van Sertima - Africans/Moors/Blacks In European History(Pre History To Modern History)
Allen & Envy (FULL LIVE SET) @ Luminosity Beach Festival 04-07-2014
TO BUILD A NATION - Part 2
TO BUILD A NATION - Part 3
Adventures of the Soul with James Van Praagh
If Men only Understood James Allen audiobook
Apollo and the Van Allen Radiation Belts -- Vintage Space
Werher von Braun - Van Allen Gürtel - Klartext
Songs (Official Music Video) - The Van Allen Belt
VAN ALLEN BELT OF RADIATION - MOON HOAX - RADIATION IN OUTER SPACE