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