Dr. Kathy Sullivan, center, Deputy Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and former NASA astronaut is interviewed by a local television network at NOAA's Satellite Operations Facility in Suitland, Md. after the successful launch of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP) on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011.  NPP is a joint venture between NASA and NOAA, and is the nation's newest Earth-observing satellite, which will provide data on climate change science, allow for accurate weather forecasts and advance warning for severe weather.  NPP was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.  Photo Credit:  (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
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<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85720343" class="extiw" title="d:Q85720343"><span title="American photographer">Carla Cioffi</span></a>
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