Oral history of Paul Feldman
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2015-03-27
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Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries
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Research Professor Paul Feldman has been affiliated with the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University since 1967. He is principal investigator of a NASA-supported sounding rocket program and has been responsible for over three dozen sounding rocket launches. Feldman received his PhD in physics from Columbia University in 1964. In this oral history, he discusses how his interest in astronomy developed and some of the highlights of his professional career. This oral history is part of the Hopkins Retrospective oral histories series.
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Feldman, Paul D., Hayden Planetarium. Junior Astronomy Club, Novick, Robert, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Friedman, Herbert, 1916-2000, Johns Hopkins University, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Henry, Richard C., United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Columbia (Spacecraft), Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft), Fastie, William G., 1916-2000, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, COSPAR, James Webb Space Telescope (Spacecraft)