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NASA renames Earth-observing mission in honour of satellite pioneer

Submit on Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 22:48

NASA has renamed its newest Earth-observing satellite in honour of the late Verner E. Suomi, a meteorologist at the University of Wisconsin who is recognised widely as “the father of satellite meteorology.”

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