Terra Wins Award from Popular Science Popular Science magazine chose NASA’s Terra spacecraft to receive a year 2000 “Best of What’s New” Award in its Aviation and Space Category. read more... |
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Terra Open for Business First Images Press Conference: The text and images from the press conference on April 19, 2000. |
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Terra Mission Status Terra was launched at 1:57 p.m. EST on December 18, 1999 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. See Terra Status Reports for more details of the launch and subsequent activation. There are also photos of the launch. |
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Terra Photos Photos of Terra Spacecraft Prelaunch Preparations as it is transported from Dover AFB to Vandenberg AFB to undergo prelaunch testing and preparations. |
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Renaming EOS AM-1 Sasha Jones was the winner of the contest to name EOS AM-1. Her winning essay and the other top ten finalists are included. |
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