Langmuir probe

Science Museum
London, United Kingdom

This probe - flown on Skylark rockets - measured the density and temperature of electrons. It helped unlock important new information about the upper atmosphere.

Source: University of Birmingham
Object no. 1975-569

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Title: Langmuir probe
Rights: © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, Science Museum Group Collection, CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0

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