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VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, left, and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden hold a plaque noting that the Partnership for Public Service has designated NASA first among large federal agencies at the best place to work in the federal government for 2012. In the background is Space Launch Complex 3E where an Atlas V rocket was poised for launch with the Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite. The Landsat Data Continuity Mission LDCM is the future of Landsat satellites. It will continue to obtain valuable data and imagery to be used in agriculture, education, business, science, and government. The Landsat Program provides repetitive acquisition of high resolution multispectral data of the Earth's surface on a global basis. The data from the Landsat spacecraft constitute the longest record of the Earth's continental surfaces as seen from space. It is a record unmatched in quality, detail, coverage, and value. Liftoff is planned for Feb. 11, 2013 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. For more information, visit: http:__www.nasa.gov_mission_pages_landsat_main_index.html Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett