Marshall Space Flight Center's Solar Wind Facility
Kenneth Wright
USRA
Kenneth H. Wright received the B.S. degree in engineering physics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA, in 1977, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL, USA, in 1980 and 1987, respectively. He was a National Research Council Associate with the NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center from 1987 -1989. From 1989 - 2017 he was with the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research at the University of Alabama-Huntsville. Currently, he is a Research Scientist with the Universities Space Research Association. His research interests include the interaction of bodies with space plasmas and plasma instrumentation development and he has participated in numerous ground-based and space-based experiments. Dr. Wright is a member of the American Geophysical Union and the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Abstract
Motivated by development of the faraday cup instrument on the Solar Probe Plus mission, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center created the Solar Wind Facility. This facility provides broad-beam ions, broad-beam electrons, and... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- Kenneth Wright (USRA)
- Todd Schneider (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
- Jason Vaughn (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
- Phyllis Whittlesey (University of California Berkeley)
Topic Areas
Testing / Mitigation , Plasma , Other
Session
Session 5 » Testing and Mitigation (11:20 - Tuesday, 16th May)
Paper
2017-ASEC_MSFC_SolarWindFacility_wright_paper.docx
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