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EROS History Project - 2010s

By EROS History Project September 23, 2021

2011 October Landsat 8 OLI mated to spacecraft bus

2013 - L8 Launch Event Auditorium - J. Lacasse

2013 - L8 Launch Event Auditorium J. Nelson

2013 - L8 Launch Event Auditorium-Crowd 2

2013 - Landsat 8 Launch Event EROS Lobby 2

2013 - Landsat 8 Launch Event EROS Lobby 1

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2013 L8 Hand-off Ceremony Senator Tim Johnson

2013 L8 Hand-off Ceremony Jim Irons NASA Landsat Project Scientist

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2013 L8 Hand-off Ceremony Tom Loveland USGS Landsat Project Scientist

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2016 PECORA 16 Udall 50th Anniversary - Mike Freilich with poster

2016 PECORA 16 Udall 50th Anniversary - Mike Freilich

2016 PECORA 16 Udall 50th Anniversary - Senator Tom Udall

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