News Archives
OLI Gets Pre-Ship Review
< ![CDATA[OLI, the Operational Land Imager, gets checked over before being shipped to Orbital Sciences Corp. in Arizona.]]>
Landsat 7 Spacecraft Animations
< ![CDATA[Animations of Landsat 7 in orbit around the Earth.]]>
Landsat 5 Turns 25 Years Old
< ![CDATA[In 2009, Landsat 5 completed 25 years of collecting data – 22 years beyond its design life.]]>
Landsat Program Timeline
< ![CDATA[A program spanning 40 years and 8 satellites, compressed to one graphic. Plus, links to get more information about all Landsat satellites.]]>
Mississippi River Flooding, 2011
< ![CDATA[Severe flooding along the Mississippi River in Spring 2011.]]>
Smith Island, MD, 1983-2011
< ![CDATA[Changes to Smith Island, MD and Tangier Island, VA, (Chesapeake Bay).]]>
LDCM Spacecraft Animations
< ![CDATA[A collection of animations and still images of LDCM.]]>
TIRS Overview
< ![CDATA[An introduction to the Thermal InfraRed Sensor on LDCM]]>
News Archives
Gavin Schmidt EarthSky Science Communicator of the Year
EarthSky, a radio program that brings current science ideas, strategies, and research results to people worldwide, has announced the selection of Dr. Gavin A. Schmidt as the 2011 EarthSky Science
USGS EROS Welcomes New Director
Source: Jan Nelson, USGS The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Sioux Falls, S.D., announces the selection of Dr. Frank P. Kelly to serve as the
Upcoming Public Lecture: Landsat's Role in Tracking Forty Years of Global Changes
On Wednesday, February 1, 2012, Dr. Tom Loveland will give a public lecture titled “The View from Space: Landsat’s Role in Tracking Forty Years of Global Changes” at the U.S.
Preliminary Spectral Response of the Operational Land Imager
The Landsat Data Continuity Missions’s (LDCM’s) fully assembled Operational Land Imager (OLI) instrument was tested under thermal vacuum conditions by the instrument vendor, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. During testing
Explaining Beached Kelp
Have you ever walked along a California coast and wondered about all of the kelp washed-up on shore? In winter when storms are more frequent, giant kelp is regularly washed
Ecological Society of America Mourns Landsat 5
The Ecological Society of America bids farewell to Landsat 5 in its online blog Ecotone. Blogger Liza Lester shares some ways in which Landsat 5 data have helped ecological research. All
LandsatLook Images
USGS has just released a Fact Sheet providing information about their LandsatLook images. LandsatLook images are full resolution JPEG files derived from Landsat Level 1 data products. The images are compressed and
Jobs, Innovations Follow Open-Access to Data
The European Commission (the body that proposes European Union legislation) is planning to provide open access to all public data—geographical, statistical, meteorological, publicly-funded research data, etc. Their goal is to
Eye on Earth Debuts
This week at the Eye on Earth Summit in Abu Dhabi an online environmental mapping service called “Eye on Earth” launched. The online service was developed by the European Environment
News Archives
Gavin Schmidt EarthSky Science Communicator of the Year
EarthSky, a radio program that brings current science ideas, strategies, and research results to people worldwide, has announced the selection of Dr. Gavin A. Schmidt as the 2011 EarthSky Science
USGS EROS Welcomes New Director
Source: Jan Nelson, USGS The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Sioux Falls, S.D., announces the selection of Dr. Frank P. Kelly to serve as the
Upcoming Public Lecture: Landsat's Role in Tracking Forty Years of Global Changes
On Wednesday, February 1, 2012, Dr. Tom Loveland will give a public lecture titled “The View from Space: Landsat’s Role in Tracking Forty Years of Global Changes” at the U.S.
Preliminary Spectral Response of the Operational Land Imager
The Landsat Data Continuity Missions’s (LDCM’s) fully assembled Operational Land Imager (OLI) instrument was tested under thermal vacuum conditions by the instrument vendor, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. During testing
Explaining Beached Kelp
Have you ever walked along a California coast and wondered about all of the kelp washed-up on shore? In winter when storms are more frequent, giant kelp is regularly washed
Ecological Society of America Mourns Landsat 5
The Ecological Society of America bids farewell to Landsat 5 in its online blog Ecotone. Blogger Liza Lester shares some ways in which Landsat 5 data have helped ecological research. All
LandsatLook Images
USGS has just released a Fact Sheet providing information about their LandsatLook images. LandsatLook images are full resolution JPEG files derived from Landsat Level 1 data products. The images are compressed and
Jobs, Innovations Follow Open-Access to Data
The European Commission (the body that proposes European Union legislation) is planning to provide open access to all public data—geographical, statistical, meteorological, publicly-funded research data, etc. Their goal is to
Eye on Earth Debuts
This week at the Eye on Earth Summit in Abu Dhabi an online environmental mapping service called “Eye on Earth” launched. The online service was developed by the European Environment