First continuous GPS soundings of temperature structure over Antarctic winter from FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC constellation

First detection of a noctilucent cloud by lidar

First ENA observations at Mars: Solar-wind ENAs on the nightside

First Experimental Transmediterranean Balloon Flight

First GPS-TEC evidence for the wave structure excited by the solar terminator

First Helioseismic Results from the Global Oscillation Network Group

First HF radar measurements of summer mesopause echoes at SURA

First in-situ measurements of HF radar echoing targets

First in-situ observations of neutral and plasma density fluctuations within a PMSE layer

First infrared measurement of atmospheric NO2 from the ground

First Inversions of MOSES Slit-less Spectroscopy Data

First ion composition measurement in the stratopause region, using a rocket-borne parachute drop sonde

First Light from Jupiter: Initial Atmospheric and Satellite Results from the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer.

First mass analysis of stratospheric negative ions

First measurements of atmospheric water abundance and opacity in Rondônia with MOPS, a dual channel microwave radiometer

First measurements of total chlorine and bromine in the lower stratosphere

First Observation of Electrostatic Acceleration of Barium Ions Into the Magnetosphere

First observation of H15NO3 in atmospheric spectra

First observation of topside ionization ledges using radio beacon measurements from low Earth orbiting satellites

First observations of Southern Hemisphere polar mesosphere winter echoes including conjugate occurrences at ˜69°S latitude