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Title:
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The PoSSUM : scientist-astronaut manual
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Authors:
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Jason D. Reimuller, Editor
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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Boulder (Colorado) : Integrated Spaceflight Publications Office, 2015
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-0-578-16142-6
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Size:
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xv, 235 p. / col. ill. / 30 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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TL794.3
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Subjects:
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Citizen participation
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Communication in science
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Mesosphere--Research
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Noctilucent clouds--Research
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Description:
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PoSSUM, an acronym for Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit international research program that uses manned commercial spacecraft and high-altitude manned balloons to study rare "space clouds" called noctilucent clouds. These elusive clouds can help scientists address critical questions about the Earth's climate, but they can only be seen from polar latitudes during a small window of time in the summer. The project evolved from the Noctilucent Cloud Imagery and Tomography experiment, selected by NASA's Flight Opportunities Program in March 2012 as experiment 46-S. Written by former NASA astronaut instructors and some of the leading upper-atmospheric and noctilucent cloud scientists, the Project PoSSUM Scientist-Astronaut Manual is the official text of the Project PoSSUM Scientist-Astronaut Qualification Program.
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