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Headline: NASA Launches New Mission to Monitor Earth’s Landscapes

Caption: NASA Landsat 9 Project Scientist Jeff Masek, left, and Actor Marc Evan Jackson, pose for a photograph by the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with the Landsat 9 satellite onboard, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Landsat 9 satellite, a joint NASA/U.S. Geological Survey mission that will continue the legacy of monitoring Earth’s land and coastal regions, is scheduled for liftoff Monday, Sept. 27. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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