NASA's $855 million mission to monitor Earth

NASA's $855 million mission to monitor Earth

February 11, 2013 12:28 PM

NASA launched a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from California and safely boosted a new Earth-watching Landsat into a polar orbit to kick off an $855 million mission. This is the latest chapter in a 40-year program to monitor the planet's resources, land use and environmental changes.

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