Dr. Irons graduated from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas in 1990. He works in Auburn, CA and specializes in Family Medicine. Dr. Irons is affiliated with Reno Veteran Affairs Medical Center.
The failure of Landsat 6 was a big setback, said Landsats lead mission scientist James Irons. We were very fortunate that Landsat 5 persisted as long as it did or we would have suffered a gap.