Richard Tousey
Richard Tousey ( born May 18, 1908 in Somerville (Massachusetts ), † 15 April 1997 in Cheverly ( Maryland)) was an American physicist and astronomer.
He studied at Harvard University, where he in 1933 Theodore Lyman also earned a doctorate and worked and taught at Harvard and at Tufts University. In 1941 he went to the Naval Research Laboratory and dealt with optical research with military applications.
Tousey was one of the pioneers of the use of rockets for astronomical research. After the Second World War, he participated in research with captured V2 rockets and discovered, among other things, the Lyman series in the ultraviolet spectrum of the sun. Later he continued his studies of the Sun and the Earth's atmosphere continued with smaller rockets American manufacturing. Accompanying examined he and his employees the ultraviolet properties of optical materials. Later, his group operational coronagraph on rockets and satellites, as well as two experiments on Skylab. After 37 years at the Naval Research Laboratory Tousey was in 1978 in retirement.