A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name PROGRA2 - Optical Properties of Astronomic and Atmospheric Grains
Operational Nomenclature PROGRA2 - PFC21
URL https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/investigation;investigationAcronym=PROGRA2_PFC21_PARA
DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-kavqbro
Platform Parabolic Airplanes
HRE-E3P Category Physical Sciences
Mission 21st ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign
Keywords ESA Human and Robotic Exploration data, HREDA dataset, Human and Robotic Exploration Data Archive, ESA exploration mission data, human spaceflight experiment data, robotic exploration telemetry dataset, International Space Station experiment data, ISS Columbus module data, microgravity research dataset, life sciences space experiment data, space physiology measurements dataset, radiation exposure measurements spaceflight, life support systems performance data, closed-loop environmental control data, ECLSS telemetry dataset, astronaut biomedical monitoring data, space habitat systems engineering data, robotic surface operations dataset, planetary exploration robotics data, lunar exploration technology demonstration data, Mars analog experiment dataset, in-situ resource utilization ISRU experiment data, space systems engineering telemetry, mission operations engineering data, payload performance dataset, calibrated experiment data products, time-series telemetry data, spaceflight sensor measurements, ESA exploration science archive data, long-duration spaceflight research dataset
Team Coordinator Name Jean-Claude Worms
Version 1.0
Publication Edith Hadamcik, Jean-Baptiste Rénard, Jean-Claude Worms, Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, M Masson, 2002, Polarization of light scattered by fluffy particles (PROGRA2 experiment), Icarus, 155, 497-508

Edith Hadamcik, Jean-Baptiste Rénard, Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, Jean-Claude Worms, 2003, Laboratory light scattering measurements on natural particles with the PROGRA2 experiment: an overview of the results, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 79-80, 679-693

A Penttilä, K Lumme, Jean-Claude Worms, Edith Hadamcik, Jean-Baptiste Rénard, Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, 2003, Theoretical analysis of the particles properties and polarization measurements in the PROGRA2 experiment, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 79-80, 1043-1049

Jean-Baptiste Rénard, Edith Hadamcik, T Lemaire, Jean-Claude Worms, Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, 2003, Polarization imaging of dust cloud particles: improvements and applications of the PROGRA2 instrument, Advances in Space Research, 31, 12, 2511-2518, DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00572-6

Edith Hadamcik, Jean-Baptiste Rénard, Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, Jean-Claude Worms, 2002, Polarimetric study of levitating dust aggregates with the PROGRA2 experiment, Planetary and Space Science, 50, 895-901

Jean-Claude Worms, Jean-Baptiste Rénard, Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, Edith Hadamcik, 1999, Light scattering by dust particles in microgravity: the PROGRA2 achievements and results, Advanced Space Research, 23, 7, 1257-1266

Edith Hadamcik, Jean-Baptiste Rénard, Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, Jean-Claude Worms, 2009, Laboratory measurements of the light scattered by clouds of solid particles by imaging technique, Light Scattering Review, 4, 31-70, Springer/Praxis

Jean-Baptiste Rénard, Jean-Claude Worms, T Lemaire, Edith Hadamcik, N Huret, 2002, Light scattering by dust particles in microgravity: polarization and brightness imaging with the new version of the PROGRA2 instrument, Applied Optics, 41, 4, 609-618

Jean-Baptiste Rénard, D Daugeron, P Personne, G Legros, J Baillargeat, Edith Hadamcik, Jean-Claude Worms, 2005, Optical properties of randomly distributed soot: improved polarimetric and intensity scattering functions, Applied Optics, 44, 4, 591-596

Jean-Claude Worms, Jean-Baptiste Rénard, Edith Hadamcik, Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, JF Gayet, 1999, Results of the PROGRA2 experiment: an experimental study in microgravity of scattered polarised light by dust particles with large size parameter, Icarus, 142, 1, 281-297

Jean-Baptiste Rénard, M Francis, Edith Hadamcik, D Daugeron, B Coûté, B Gaubicher, M Jeannot, 2010, Scattering properties of sands. 2. Results for sands from different origins, Applied Optics, 49, 18, 3552-3559, DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.003552

Edith Hadamcik, Jean-Baptiste Rénard, Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, J Lasue, G Alcouffe, M Francis, 2009, Light scattering by agglomerates: Interconnecting size and absorption effects (PROGRA2 experiment), Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 110, 14-16, 1755-1770

Edith Hadamcik, Jean-Baptiste Rénard, Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, Jean-Claude Worms, 2006, PROGRA2 experiment: New results for dust clouds and regoliths analogs, Advances in Space Research, 38, 9, 2006-2012, DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.06.019

Jean-Claude Worms, Jean-Baptiste Rénard, Edith Hadamcik, N Brun-Huret, Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, 2000, Light scattering by dust particles with the PROGRA2 instrument - Comparative measurements between clouds under microgravity and layers on the ground, Planetary and Space Science, 48, 493-505

Edith Hadamcik, Jean-Baptiste Rénard, G Alcouffe, G Chernogora, Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, Cyril Szopa, 2009, Laboratory light-scattering measurements with Titanâx80x99s aerosols analogues produced by a dusty plasma, Planetary and Space Science, 57, 1631-1641
Temporal Coverage 1995-03-27T00:00:00Z/1995-03-29T00:00:00Z
Mission Description The HRE Data Archive (HREDA) collects information and data of investigations funded or co-funded by ESA’s Directorate for Human and Robotic Exploration (HRE) and performed on microgravity and ground-based facilities since 1972.
Creator Contact https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/help/contact
Date Published 2025-11-08T13:33:56Z
Last Update 2026-03-04
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, Jean-Claude Worms, 2025, 'PROGRA2 - PFC21', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-kavqbro