The latest issue of the USGS Landsat Project Update is available on the USGS Landsat website. The 2010, Volume 4 Issue 3, includes the following articles:
+ Landsat 5 Acquisition Plan: Modifications to be Made
+ Stewart Udall, Grandfather of the Landsat Mission
+ Landsat Thermal Band Pixel Size Change
+ Calibration Update to ETM+ Thermal Band
+ Landsat Science Team Meeting Held
+ Tips & Tricks – How to Determine the Processing Level ofa Landsat Scene
+ LDCM News – FY 2011 Budget for USGS Includes LDCM Funding
+ EROS Authors in Recent Publications
+ Landsat Images of Interest – Aral Sea 1973 – 2009
Source:
USGS Landsat Update, Volume 4 Issue 3 (PDF)

Ten Years of TIRS: Data for a Thirsty World
Landsat 8 very nearly flew without a thermal infrared sensor. This is the backstory of how TIRS made it onto Landsat 8.