NASA launches oceanography satellite
Sunday, June 22, 2008 - 07:07
in Astronomy & Space
A new NASA-French space agency oceanography satellite launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on a globe-circling voyage to continue charting sea level, a vital indicator of global climate change. The mission will return a vast amount of new data that will improve weather, climate and ocean forecasts...
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