While the 138,000-acre Silver Fire still smoldered in New Mexico, forest restoration specialists were on the job, analyzing Landsat data to determine where to focus restoration efforts.
Landsat 8 is operational and producing more than 400 images per day, adding to the deep archive collected since 1972.
NASA transferred operational control Thursday of the Landsat 8 satellite to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in a ceremony in Sioux Falls, S.D.
A new feature of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission will help ensure scientists get a cloud-free view of Earth from space.
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission offers a look at Earth from space with a crisper view than our eyes alone would be capable of.
Google has compiled more than a quarter-century of images of Earth taken from space into an interactive time-lapse experience.
Within a week, hundreds of firefighters had contained the fire, limiting damage to just 16 buildings. That may seem like the end of the story, but for Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) teams, the work just begins when the flames die down.
BAER t…
As LDCM flew over Indonesia’s Flores Sea April 29, it captured an image of Paluweh volcano spewing ash into the air.
From the very beginning it was a looming ticking countdown clock to get the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) instrument ready for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission launch.
An image from NASA’s LDCM satellite may look like a simple black-and-white image of a dramatic landscape, but it tells a story of temperature.
Building and launching the Landsat Data Continuity Mission required teams of people across the United States.
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas-V rocket with the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft onboard is seen as it launches on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) mission i…
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft onboard is seen on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) mission is a collabor…
When the newest Landsat spacecraft trains its state-of-the-art sensors on Earth’s surface, it will provide images of our ever-changing planet in unparalleled clarity.
Technicians encapsulate NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite in its payload fairing in the Astrotech processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is NASA’s eighth satel…
On May 19, 2011, the Mississippi River reached a historic crest at Vicksburg. By early June flooding had receded but water remains high.
