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It took feats of engineering and deft piloting to map the planet’s topography, an achievement that continues to pay dividends decades later.
NASA Earth Observatory image by Michala Garrison, using topographic data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) and SRTM coverage boundary data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Photos and illustration from the NASA image and video library, STS-99. Story by James Riordon/NASA’s Earth Science News Team.
Published August 19, 2024