Natalia Beloff: Space Science Across Borders

Article

“Natalia Beloff: Space Science Across Borders,” Interview by Brian Harvey
Published in Quest Volume: 32 #1 (2025)

Abstract

Titles can be off-putting to those of us who are not space science nerds. Try this: “Asymmetric Response of the Topside Ionosphere to Large-scale Internal Gravity Waves Generated during the November 30, 1979, Substorm” by Alexander Karpachev, Pavel Denisenko, Natalia Beloff, and Mark Lester in the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, April 2011. But behind every space science paper there is a story, in this case how groundbreaking space science is done, moreover across borders—and decades. This interview with one of the authors, Natalia Beloff, tells the stories behind this paper.

Citation

Beloff, Natalia. “Natalia Beloff: Space Science Across Borders.” Interview by Brian Harvey. Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly 32, no. 1 (2025): 50-52.