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![MSU greenhouse (thumbnail)](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MSU_soil_greenhouse-th.png)
Improving Crop Yield Predictions with Satellite Assist
New Michigan State University research found that incorporating in-season water deficit information into remote sensing-based crop models significantly improves corn yield predictions.
![Virginia T. Norwood](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Virginia_PowellAward.png)
Virginia Norwood: Engineer Extraordinaire
Virginia Norwood was awarded the USGS John Wesley Powell Award for her contributions to USGS—most notably the long-running Landsat program.
![Landsat image of Chicago in 2019](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Chicago-2019-193.png)
Finding Ways to Turn Down the Heat in Cities with Satellites
Rooftop gardens and greenery can help ease some of the severe heat in cities, according to research from climate scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York.
![Big Creek Bridge](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BigCreekBridge.jpg)
When Fire+Flood=Beach
A new study combines decades of Landsat and Sentinel-2 imagery with hydrologic and oceanographic data to look at how changes on land affect coastlines in Big Sur, California.
![Dr. Qiusheng Wu](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/QiushengWu-QA.png)
Meet Qiusheng Wu, Geospatial Community Contributor
Wu wants anyone to be able to derive meaningful information from geospatial data like Landsat.
![Landsat 9 image of Anchorage, AK](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/LC09_L1TP_069017_20211120_B543_anchorage-th.png)
USGS Opens Door to Landsat 9 Data
The U.S. Geological Survey has made all Landsat 9 data available from its Landsat archive.
![Landsat 9 image of San Francisco](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/L9SanFrancisco.jpg)
NASA/USGS Landsat 9 Passes Review, Now Operational
Landsat 9, a joint mission of NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), passed its post-launch assessment review and is now in its operational phase.
![slopes of Mount Aso](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/07-leaf_hunting.jpg)
Amazing Earth: Satellite Images from 2021
From record-breaking heatwaves to pandemic-related events, the images in this list showcase some of the beautiful and complex events that occurred on our planet in the past year.
News Archives
![MSU greenhouse (thumbnail)](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MSU_soil_greenhouse-th.png)
Improving Crop Yield Predictions with Satellite Assist
New Michigan State University research found that incorporating in-season water deficit information into remote sensing-based crop models significantly improves corn yield predictions.
![Virginia T. Norwood](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Virginia_PowellAward.png)
Virginia Norwood: Engineer Extraordinaire
Virginia Norwood was awarded the USGS John Wesley Powell Award for her contributions to USGS—most notably the long-running Landsat program.
![Landsat image of Chicago in 2019](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Chicago-2019-193.png)
Finding Ways to Turn Down the Heat in Cities with Satellites
Rooftop gardens and greenery can help ease some of the severe heat in cities, according to research from climate scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York.
![Big Creek Bridge](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BigCreekBridge.jpg)
When Fire+Flood=Beach
A new study combines decades of Landsat and Sentinel-2 imagery with hydrologic and oceanographic data to look at how changes on land affect coastlines in Big Sur, California.
![Dr. Qiusheng Wu](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/QiushengWu-QA.png)
Meet Qiusheng Wu, Geospatial Community Contributor
Wu wants anyone to be able to derive meaningful information from geospatial data like Landsat.
![Swine waste lagoon](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Lagoon-2022-HEADER-1500.jpg)
Tracking the Start of Swine Waste Lagoons with Landsat
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an automated technique that uses Landsat to determine when swine waste lagoons were constructed and how they may have affected environmental quality.
![Landsat 9 image of Anchorage, AK](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/LC09_L1TP_069017_20211120_B543_anchorage-th.png)
USGS Opens Door to Landsat 9 Data
The U.S. Geological Survey has made all Landsat 9 data available from its Landsat archive.
![Landsat 9 image of San Francisco](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/L9SanFrancisco.jpg)
NASA/USGS Landsat 9 Passes Review, Now Operational
Landsat 9, a joint mission of NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), passed its post-launch assessment review and is now in its operational phase.
![slopes of Mount Aso](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/07-leaf_hunting.jpg)
Amazing Earth: Satellite Images from 2021
From record-breaking heatwaves to pandemic-related events, the images in this list showcase some of the beautiful and complex events that occurred on our planet in the past year.
News Archives
![MSU greenhouse (thumbnail)](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MSU_soil_greenhouse-th.png)
Improving Crop Yield Predictions with Satellite Assist
New Michigan State University research found that incorporating in-season water deficit information into remote sensing-based crop models significantly improves corn yield predictions.
![Virginia T. Norwood](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Virginia_PowellAward.png)
Virginia Norwood: Engineer Extraordinaire
Virginia Norwood was awarded the USGS John Wesley Powell Award for her contributions to USGS—most notably the long-running Landsat program.
![Landsat image of Chicago in 2019](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Chicago-2019-193.png)
Finding Ways to Turn Down the Heat in Cities with Satellites
Rooftop gardens and greenery can help ease some of the severe heat in cities, according to research from climate scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York.
![Big Creek Bridge](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BigCreekBridge.jpg)
When Fire+Flood=Beach
A new study combines decades of Landsat and Sentinel-2 imagery with hydrologic and oceanographic data to look at how changes on land affect coastlines in Big Sur, California.
![Dr. Qiusheng Wu](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/QiushengWu-QA.png)
Meet Qiusheng Wu, Geospatial Community Contributor
Wu wants anyone to be able to derive meaningful information from geospatial data like Landsat.
![Swine waste lagoon](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Lagoon-2022-HEADER-1500.jpg)
Tracking the Start of Swine Waste Lagoons with Landsat
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an automated technique that uses Landsat to determine when swine waste lagoons were constructed and how they may have affected environmental quality.
![Landsat 9 image of Anchorage, AK](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/LC09_L1TP_069017_20211120_B543_anchorage-th.png)
USGS Opens Door to Landsat 9 Data
The U.S. Geological Survey has made all Landsat 9 data available from its Landsat archive.
![Landsat 9 image of San Francisco](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/L9SanFrancisco.jpg)
NASA/USGS Landsat 9 Passes Review, Now Operational
Landsat 9, a joint mission of NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), passed its post-launch assessment review and is now in its operational phase.
![slopes of Mount Aso](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/07-leaf_hunting.jpg)
Amazing Earth: Satellite Images from 2021
From record-breaking heatwaves to pandemic-related events, the images in this list showcase some of the beautiful and complex events that occurred on our planet in the past year.