Upper Atmosphere Research Panel
# 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
