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The TIROS 1 Weather Satellite and Its Environmental Legacy
On the evening of April 1, 1960, President Dwight Eisenhower saw the first image sent back from space by the Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (TIROS) 1 weather satellite—shaped, as some quipped, like “an enormous hatbox.”  As he considered the grainy black and white image of cloud cover over the eastern United States and Canada, he remarked “the Earth doesn’t look so big when you see that curvature.
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Image taken on April 1, 1960 by TIROS 1. This was the first television picture of Earth from space.

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Thu, Nov 29 2018
Looking Back at "Looking at Earth"
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Lockheed U-2 high-altitude photoreconnaissance airplane in Looking at Earth
Wed, Nov 21 2018
How Communications Satellites Helped the World Mourn JFK
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Kennedy family members leaving the funeral ceremony for President John F. Kennedy, entrance of capital building.
Fri, Nov 16 2018
Capturing Earth's Geography From Space
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The self-governing British territory pictured is located 650 miles east of the North Carolina coast. Its capital is Hamilton
Fri, Sep 14 2018
How Satellites Track Storms From Space
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An image of Hurricane Florence taken from a GOES satellite on September 14, 2018.
Fri, Jan 26 2018
The Missing History of the Explorer 1 Satellite
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Explorer 1 (backup)
Mon, Jan 08 2018
Finding the Alphabet from Space
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The letter B, found in an image of the Arkansas River and the Holla Bend Wildlife Refuge, captured by the Landsat 8 in 2014.
Thu, Dec 14 2017
That’s no moon. (It's also not the Death Star.)
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Telstar Satellite on Display in the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall
Fri, Nov 17 2017
Where in the World?
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Geography from Space
Tue, Nov 01 2016
Spaceflight to Parade Float
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Venus of Pasadena Rose Bowl float
Fri, Oct 17 2014
New Satellite Image of Out of Many, One
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Satellite Image of "Out Of Many, One"
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