In Brief: NASA hands control of satellite to NOAA

CONTROL: Operational control of NOAA-17, the nation's newest polar-orbiting environmental satellite, has been turned over to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. NASA said the satellite, launched June 24, is functioning normally...

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