Making a Landsat App for NASA’s Space Apps Challenge
November 1, 2024
Participants in Hermosillo, Mexico participated in the Space Apps Challenge to create an easy-to-use app to access and download Landsat data.
Participants in Hermosillo, Mexico participated in the Space Apps Challenge to create an easy-to-use app to access and download Landsat data.
The Landsat Outreach team participated in the 2024 Geological Society of America annual meeting in Anaheim, California. Attendees were able to learn about NASA’s role in geology and leave with a print of their name in Landsat satellite imagery.
Scientists from around the world gathered in Rotorua, New Zealand from September 9 to 13, 2024, for the ForestSAT 2024 conference.
On September 14, 2024, Goddard celebrated International Observe the Moon Night. Landsat outreach specialists presented about Landsat’s lunar calibration.
The Landsat Outreach team participated in the 2024 Ecological Society of America annual meeting.
NASA outreach specialists led educators through a workshop on accessing and utilizing Landsat data at the annual Earth Educators’ Rendezvous.
The Landsat Communications and Public Engagement team supported the Satellites to Seeds event on the Hill in Washington, D.C.
From May 21-25, the Landsat Outreach team supported Odyssey of the Mind World Finals at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
The Landsat Communications and Public Engagement team supported Maryland Day, hosted by the University of Maryland (UMD), College Park on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
On April 18 and 19, Landsat outreach coordinators Ross Walter, Allison Nussbaum, and Michael Taylor supported the Earth Day event at NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C.
Outreach specialists from the Landsat Communications and Public Engagement team participated in community engagement efforts at the joint NASA and University of Maryland Land Cover Land Use Change (LCLUC) meeting.
STELLA users will talk about their experiences using the DIY spectrometer during this webinar. Panelists include Bianca Cilento (RIT), Karen Karker (SUNY), and Peder Nelson (OSU and NASA GLOBE Observer).
Landsat outreach supported the NASA booth at the National Science Teacher’s Association annual meeting in Denver.
Landsat was part of the NASA Earth Science presence at the 2024 Commodity Classic in Houston this year.
During two recent Earth to Sky Climate Science Education workshops, participants learned how Landsat imagery helps us assess changes in land cover and land use.
The Landsat outreach team participated in AAAS and Geo Week events this month to highlight the benefits of the Landsat program and how the NASA/USGS partnership facilitates the invaluable, ongoing Landsat record.
This year, AMS meeting-goers had an opportunity to learn more about Landsat, its data, and its applications at the NASA Exhibit Booth.
The 2023 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (AGU23) was held in San Francisco, California, from December 11-15. The Landsat program has repeatedly had a strong presence at AGU meetings and it occupied a prominent position among presenters at AGU23.
On Saturday, October 14, 2023, regions of North, Central, and South America experienced an annular solar eclipse. Through the Earth to Sky Partnership, NASA coordinated with Mesa Verde National Park to host a series of outreach events.
One way to better understand the science and technology behind Landsat’s spectral measurements is to build a spectrometer. This past summer, two local high school students did just that.
Join the STELLA team on September 19, 2023, to hear the the latest and greatest about the STELLA handheld spectrometer, a DIY instrument that helps you understand how Landsat works.
The Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center celebrated its 50th anniversary in August. Learn more about the EROS Center, the anniversary celebration, and the Landsat-related outreach activities at the event—with a spotlight on STELLA, a DIY spectrometer.
Awe-inspiring NASA visuals combined with the might of a live symphonic orchestra last week in “Cosmic Cycles,” a multimedia collaboration among the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, the National Philharmonic, and composer Henry Dehlinger. A transformative project showcasing the beauty and power of the marriage between music and science.
