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NASA and USGS 1999 Images Earth's land surfaces and coastal areas with global coverage at high spatial resolution. [18] Landsat-8: Active NASA and USGS 2013 Follow on to Landsat-7 with improved imager OLI and thermal sensor TIRS. Landsat-9: Active NASA and USGS 2021 Follow on to Landsat-8 with OLI sensor and thermal sensor TIRS-2.
Events from the year 2009 in the United States.. The inauguration of Barack Obama as the president, occurred on January 20.The nation, still recovering from the Great Recession, received various economic stimuli through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and similar legislation, which most notably gave Americans tax credits.
2009 July 22 at 04:18:53.3 UTC ... December 14–15 October 2–3 116 118 ... NASA homepage for July 22, 2009 total solar eclipse;
On May 7, 2009, the Obama administration enlisted the Augustine Commission to perform a full independent review of the ongoing NASA space exploration program. The commission found the then-current Constellation Program to be woefully under-budgeted with significant cost overruns, behind schedule by four years or more in several essential ...
NASA brought the Orion spacecraft back to life from the defunct Constellation program and successfully test-launched the first capsule on December 5, 2014, aboard EFT-1. After a near-perfect flight traveling 3,600 miles (5,800 km) above Earth, the spacecraft was recovered for study.
NASA Astronaut Group 17, were chosen by NASA in 1998 and announced on June 4 of that year. [1] The group of 32 candidates included eight pilots , 17 mission specialists , and seven international mission specialists who became NASA astronauts.
The project was announced in the fiscal 2009 budget year. ... 29 December: Perihelion #18: 2024 30 March: ... NASA animation of the Probe passing through the Sun's ...
[6]: 592 [97] In 2009, Allan McDonald published his memoir written with space historian James Hansen, Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, which focuses on his personal involvement in the launch, disaster, investigation, and return to flight, and is critical of NASA and Morton Thiokol leadership for agreeing ...