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Carl Sagan and Green Bank project

The International Space Station flies over the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia. (Photo courtesy Jesse Thornton)

Astronomer Carl Sagan was influential in the search for extraterrestrial life at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, West Virginia.

Night Sky over West Virginia by Jesse Thornton

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