Upper Atmosphere Research Panel

The Upper Atmosphere Research Panel, also known as the V-2 Panel, was formed in 1946 to oversee experiments conducted using V-2 rockets brought to the United States after World War II. The experiments studied the upper atmosphere, solar radiation and X-ray astronomy, as well as the technology of the V-2 rocket.

Members

An organizing meeting was held at Princeton University 27 Feb 1946.

The original committee members were:

• Ernst Henry Krause, Naval Research Laboratory
• G. K. Megerian (secretary), General Electric Co.
• W. G. Dow, University of Michigan
• M. J. E. Golay, U.S. Army Signal Corps
• C. F. Green, General Electric Co.
• K. H. Kingdon, General Electric Co.
• M. H. Nichols, Princeton University
• James Van Allen, Johns Hopkins University
• Fred Lawrence Whipple, Harvard University

See also

• Operation Paperclip
• Hermes project
• List of V-2 test launches
• USA V-2 period

Sources

• Preparing for spaceflight, Encyclopædia Britannica
• Upper Atmosphere Rocket Research Panel (V-2 Panel) Reports, Smithsonian Institution