PREDNASAJUCI / LECTURER: Dr. J. Daniel Moses, Space Science Division of the US Naval Research Laboratory NAZOV / TITLE: The Naval Research Laboratory Suborbital Coronal Research Program ABSTRAKT / ABSTRACT: In addition to the well-known orbital missions such as SOHO LASCO and STEREO SECCHI, the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Space Science Division (SSD) also leads smaller, higher risk investigations using the NASA Low Cost Access to Space (LCAS) program opportunities for sub-orbital missions. This program includes opportunities for sounding rocket missions and long duration, high altitude balloon missions. Two NRL LCAS investigations will be described in some detail: HERSCHEL (Helium Resonant Scattering in the Corona and Heliosphere) is a sounding rocket mission that flew on 14 Sept. 2009 to observe the global structure of the Helium component of the solar corona from the inner corona to the solar wind source surface. The objective was to observe resonance scattering in the He II (30.4nm) EUV line. WAMIS (Waves and Magnetism in the Solar Corona) is a proposed investigation for a long duration balloon-borne mission to observe waves and magnetic fields in the solar corona. The objective is to conduct spectropolarimetry of the Fe XIII (1075nm) IR line at altitudes where atmospheric scattering effects are nearly negligible.