Data From the Heavens: The Space Shuttle Maps That Transformed Our View of Earth

This is the second installment of a two-part series about the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Read part one here. Elevation data collected during a space shuttle mission in 2000 continues to inform science and society in unexpected ways. In a pivotal 2000 mission, the space shuttle Endeavour’s SRTM project provided a 3D view of Earth’s [...]

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