Endeavour Begins Mapping the Earth
From Times Wire Reports
Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour powered up their massive radar arrays on the first of nine days after launching from the Kennedy Space Center. They will collect images for a three-dimensional map of the Earth’s surface. NASA has said the map will be 30 times better than existing maps, but most of it will remain classified for use by U.S. defense and intelligence agencies.
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