Working for the United States Air Force, Dr. Huffman managed the Horizon Ultraviolet Program (HUP)[1] experiments on two Space Shuttle flights: Columbia (STS-4, 1982) and Discovery (AFP-675 on STS-39, 1991).
Dr. Huffman was also the principal investigator for the Auroral Ionospheric Mapper (AIM) on the HILAT Spacecraft[2] and the Auroral/Ionospheric Remote Sensor (AIRS) on the Polar BEAR Spacecraft.
[3] In 1983 the Auroral Ionospheric Mapper produced the first pictures of Aurora Borealis made under full daylight conditions.
[5] In the early 1970s Dr. Huffman was Program Manager for Project Chaser, a series of launches of Aerobee 170 sounding rockets from Vandenberg AFB Probe Launch Complex C. The purpose of Project Chaser was to measure exhaust plumes from anti-ballistic missile systems launched simultaneously with Project Chaser.
[6] His memoir "Adventures of a Star Warrior: Cold War Rocket Science on the Space Frontier" was published posthumously.