Click here for the NASA/Kennedy Space Center press release, including information on watching the launch via TV and the Internet.
Read the NASA launch status report and press release for the Terra spacecraft.
Check out the new NASA/GSFC Terra web site by clicking here.
TERRA (EOS AM) Project Home Page - details of spacecraft and system
NASA Earth Science Enterprise Home Page
Looking at Earth from Space: 40 Years of NASA Earth Science
Read the CNN story on Terra by clicking here.
Terra: Flagship for the Future (Environmental News Network
Terra was featured as the cover story of Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine for October 4.
Lockheed Martin Missles and Space Press Kit for Terra Spacecraft
Read a Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space LM Today newletter article on the Terra spacecraft and its mission.
Read the Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space press release on delivery of the Terra spacecraft.
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Home Page
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Press Releases
LMMS Press Release on Terra Shipment
LMMS Civil Space Photo Section
ILS Release: Terra Earth Observing System Satellite Ready for Launch
ILS Release: Atlas AC-141 (Terra) Quick Look
MISR Instrument - JPL SITE
MODIS Instrument - NASA GSFC Site
CERES Instrument - NASA LaRC Site
NASA Spacecraft Status/Info Links:
Cassini Mission Status
Project Galileo Home Page: Bringing Jupiter to Earth
Lunar Prospector Mission Status
Mars Global Surveyor Home Page
Mars Global Surveyor Status
SOHO Home Page
SOHO Status
Space Shuttle Mission Status
Voyager 1 and 2 Home Page
Voyager 1 and 2 Mission Status
Pioneer 10 Mission Status
NASA Main Site
NASA Press Releases
Landsat 7 Links:
NASA Landsat 7 Page
Images from Landsat 7
Latest Landsat 7 Status Report (updated August 3, 1999)
Unofficial Landsat 7 Launch Ops Home Page
Landsat Page at NASA Earth Observatory
Landsat 7 Launch and I&T Images
The launch of Terra has been delayed due to a problem with the Pratt & Whitney RL-10 upper stage engine on another mission.
The problem has been investigated and the Terra launch vehicle has been cleared for flight.
Follow the following links for late-breaking news on the effort to return the Atlas launch vehicle to flight:
Report sheds light on Boeing's Delta 3 failure investigation - Florida Today 10/26/99
Atlas nearing launch resumption; Lockheed Martin encounters more engine troubles - Florida Today 9/12/99
The first Atlas IIAS to launch since suspension of Atlas launches was AC-155 / Echostar-5, from Cape Canaveral Air Station,Florida.
An Atlas IIAS successfully launched the Navy UHFSat on November 22.
July 20, 1999 was the 30th anniversary of the first manned landing on the moon by Apollo 11.
Last revised: 10 December 1999!
Terra / EOS AM-1 Launch Ops Page
Progress made in getting Boeing's Delta 3 back to flight - Florida Today 10/25/99
One Atlas ready to launch, two more on hold - Florida Today 9/11/99
Lockheed (Martin) OKs resumption of Atlas II launches - CNN 8/30/99
Lockheed Martin's Centaur RL10 Engines Cleared For Flight - Lockheed Martin 8/30/99
Engine checks could allow Atlas launches to resume - Florida Today 8/5/99
AC-155 was successfully launched on September 23!
Launch report for AC-155 - Florida Today
Launch Report for UHFSat - Florida Today
Click below for a special NASA page celebrating this historic achievement.
NASA Apollo 11 Thirtieth Anniversary Home Page
Additional Apollo Program Links:
NASA-Langley Apollo Program Page
Please email me at marc.t.dinardo@lmco.comwith any comments or suggestions.
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