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... SPACE FLIGHT CENTER GSFC ). Beginning in 1972 with the launch of Landsat-1 (Erts 1, the Earth-resources technology satellite), the Landsat program was a research and development effort to deter-mine the usefulness ... NASA had operated four Landsat s, including Landsat 4 , launched in July 1982, and a ground system at GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER GSFC . Landsat-1 and Landsat-2 were no longer operating; Landsat 3 would be ...

... recent book "Navigating the Future." (Pasadena StarNews, 1 Apr 76, 1; Glendale News-Press, 1 Apr 76, 1; Montrose Ledger, 1 Apr 76, 1) Images from NASA's Landsat-1 earth-resources survey satellite helped Alaskan Indians to ... Doyon chose 2 million. The Doyon selections were based heavily on the Landsat maps; the university reported that application of Landsat data "at least doubled the value of the land selected . . ." (NASA ...

... ) NASA announced it would join the Interior Dept.'s Bureau of Land Management in using Landsat , the earth resources monitoring satellite, to inventory wild land resources (major streams, ground cover and ... inventory system to provide accurate and timely data on BLM land as another example of Landsat usefulness in solving public and private resource oriented problems. (NASA Release 77-37) Marshall Space ... . ( MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MSFC Release 77-32) February 1977 February March 1977 March Mar 1 1977 1 Mar 2 1977 2 Mar 3 1977 3 Mar 4 1977 4 Mar 5 ...

... of the National Space Council, President George Bush restored funding for continued operation of two Landsat satellites and the launching of a third. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had earlier ... the Landsat s because of a shortfall of $5 million in fiscal year 1989 funding for the program. (WSJ, Jun 2/89) May 1989 May June 1989 June Jun 1 1989 1 Jun ...

... crop management. These scientific fields had developed significantly since the 1970s, when Rasmussen had used Landsat Data strategically to predict Russian crop yields. At that time, the U.S. government was not using Landsat Data to assist American farmers, but under NASA's new space-grant program, Rasmussen's ... role of water in the evolution of Mars. September 1999 September October 1999 October Oct 1 1999 1 Oct 2 1999 2 Oct 3 1999 3 Oct 4 1999 4 Oct 5 ...

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... the Landsat - C satellite "may reflect an effort to make NASA more attractive by further pushing the agency into the areas that have gained humanist and environmentalist approval." (B Sun, 1 March 75, A18) February 1975 February March 1975 March Mar 1 1975 1 Mar 2 1975 2 Mar 3 1975 3 Mar ...

... International Code would designate all orbiting artificial satellites and space probes with Arabic numerals (1963-1, 1963-2, etc.) rather than Greek letters (1963 Alpha, 1963 Beta., etc.), National Academy of ... . Newly created Space Sciences Div. would direct scientific aspects of the project. ''(San Jose News, 1/1/63)'' Walter C. Williams and J. C. Elms assumed duties as deputy directors of NASA ...

... assistant to the president. ''(NASA Release 63-42; NAA S&IS Skywriter, 3/8/63,1)'' NASA Manned Spacecraft Center proposal to establish manned orbital Space Station which Stressed that Such ... established using rockets, equipment, and materials under development now for Project Apollo . Plan called for (1) orbiting Space station with capacity for 18 crewmen; (2) sending six men in adapted Apollo ...

... Au­gust alone, they discovered two Atlantic hurricanes and four Pa­cific typhoons. Since April 1, 1962, there were only seven days when a Tiros satellite was not in operation. Information ... -4)'' USAF launched unidentified satellite with Thor-Agena D vehicle. ''(Pres. Rpt. on Space, 1963,1/27/64)'' Dr. Robert C. Seamans , Jr., NASA Associate Administrator, testified on NASA facility planning ...

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