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USGS and USAID Partner to Conserve Forests, Water in Africa
Contributor: Vicky Fakan, USAID USAID has long been a major actor helping to conserve Guinea’s forest reserves, which replenish many of West Africa’s life-sustaining waterways. Now, a recent partnership between USAID
Meet Shannon Franks
When people think of NASA, the first thing that comes to mind is probably an image of astronauts floating around the International Space Station, or perhaps the great discoveries that
LDCM Past Another Milestone
The NASA Agency Program Management Council unanimously approved the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) to proceed to into Phase D following a Key Decision Point-D (KDP-D) review at NASA Headquarters
Landsat Update – Volume 5 Issue 4 2011
The USGS Landsat Update is now available. Articles include: Twitter, Flickr, and Facebook: Social Media comes to Landsat WELD Project: Web-Enabled Landsat Data Meetings: International Scientists join for SilvaCarbon Workshop Upcoming Meetings
Landsat's TIRS Instrument Comes Out of First Round of Thermal Vacuum Testing
Source: Ellen Gray The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) that will fly on the next Landsat satellite came out of its first round of thermal vacuum testing Tuesday, October 4 at NASA’s
Landsat Adds to World Memory
Source: Jan Nelson and Jon Campbell, USGS A United Nations group established to preserve humanity’s documentary history has selected a portion of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat archive of Earth
LDCM's Operational Land Imager is Integrated onto Spacecraft
Engineers at Orbital Sciences Corporation, Gilbert, AZ mechanically integrated the Operational Land Imager (OLI) onto the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft. The integration took 3 days. This top photo
Remembering Andy Dantzler
Source: Washington Post Andy Dantzler, 49, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2011 after suffering a cardiac arrest. Andy graduated from the University of Maryland in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree
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Landsat Images Reveal Extent of Historic North Dakota Flooding
Heavy rains in Canada caused historic flooding in Minot, N.D. Landsat satellite images taken before and during the flooding reveal the water’s extent. The Souris River finally crested on June
NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal Awarded to LDCM Scientist
Jeff Pedelty, a research scientist representing NASA during the LDCM Operational Land Imager (OLI) build has been selected for NASA’s Exceptional Achievement Medal. The OLI instrument is being built by
LDCM Operational Land Imager (OLI) Telescope
Special Topics: LDCM and LDCM Components The OLI telescope uses a four-mirror compact design. The optics are positioned inside a lightweight, yet highly stable, carbon composite optical bench (i.e., a
The Cryocooler—Part of the LDCM Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS)
Special Topics: LDCM and LDCM Components The Cryocooler is like a big refrigerator, except that it cools to cryogenic temperatures (below −150°C, −238°F or 123K). It is responsible for cooling
Landsat 5 Satellite Helps Emergency Managers Fight Largest Fire in Arizona History
Contributor: Rob Gutro, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The largest fire in the history of the state of Arizona continues to burn and emergency managers and responders are using satellite
Landsat 5 Satellite Sees Mississippi River Floodwaters Lingering
On May 19, 2011, the Mississippi River reached a historic crest at Vicksburg. By early June flooding had receded but water remains high.
Meet the “Scene Select Mechanism”—Part of the LDCM Thermal Infrared Sensor
Special Topics: LDCM and LDCM Components The Scene Select Mechanism is an apparatus that rotates the LDCM Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) mirror among three scenes: the Earth view (“nadir;” when
Landsat 5 Satellite Sees Mississippi River Floodwaters Lingering
In a Landsat 5 satellite image captured June 11, 2011, flooding is still evident both east and west of the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Miss. Standing water is most apparent,
Learning about Landsat In Lawrence, Kansas
Landsat Project Science staff provided a presentation on the Landsat program and the Landsat Data Continuity Mission at the Haskell Indians Nation University in Lawrence, Kansas on Thursday, June 9.
News Archives
Landsat Images Reveal Extent of Historic North Dakota Flooding
Heavy rains in Canada caused historic flooding in Minot, N.D. Landsat satellite images taken before and during the flooding reveal the water’s extent. The Souris River finally crested on June
NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal Awarded to LDCM Scientist
Jeff Pedelty, a research scientist representing NASA during the LDCM Operational Land Imager (OLI) build has been selected for NASA’s Exceptional Achievement Medal. The OLI instrument is being built by
LDCM Operational Land Imager (OLI) Telescope
Special Topics: LDCM and LDCM Components The OLI telescope uses a four-mirror compact design. The optics are positioned inside a lightweight, yet highly stable, carbon composite optical bench (i.e., a
The Cryocooler—Part of the LDCM Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS)
Special Topics: LDCM and LDCM Components The Cryocooler is like a big refrigerator, except that it cools to cryogenic temperatures (below −150°C, −238°F or 123K). It is responsible for cooling
Landsat 5 Satellite Helps Emergency Managers Fight Largest Fire in Arizona History
Contributor: Rob Gutro, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The largest fire in the history of the state of Arizona continues to burn and emergency managers and responders are using satellite
Landsat 5 Satellite Sees Mississippi River Floodwaters Lingering
On May 19, 2011, the Mississippi River reached a historic crest at Vicksburg. By early June flooding had receded but water remains high.
Meet the “Scene Select Mechanism”—Part of the LDCM Thermal Infrared Sensor
Special Topics: LDCM and LDCM Components The Scene Select Mechanism is an apparatus that rotates the LDCM Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) mirror among three scenes: the Earth view (“nadir;” when
Landsat 5 Satellite Sees Mississippi River Floodwaters Lingering
In a Landsat 5 satellite image captured June 11, 2011, flooding is still evident both east and west of the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Miss. Standing water is most apparent,
Learning about Landsat In Lawrence, Kansas
Landsat Project Science staff provided a presentation on the Landsat program and the Landsat Data Continuity Mission at the Haskell Indians Nation University in Lawrence, Kansas on Thursday, June 9.
