![Earthrise](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/apollo08_earthrise.jpg)
Remembering Bill Anders
Anders, 90, the astronaut who captured the iconic Earthrise photograph, died on June 7, 2024, when the plane he was piloting crashed into the San Juan Channel.
![Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, on the left and USGS Director David Applegate on the right.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HaalandApplegate2024.jpg)
USGS Director Talks Landsat
In an Instagram Live event titled “Guided by Science,” Deb Haaland, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, spoke with USGS Director Dr. David Applegate. The Landsat portion of that discussion is shared here.
![The 2018-2023 Landsat Science Team stands on the stairs of the Desert Research Institute in Reno.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023_LST@DRI.png)
The Earth Observer Shares Landsat Happenings
A summary of the final activities of the 2018–2023 Landsat Science Team and a synopsis of the 2022 History of NASA and the Environment Symposium were among the topics covered in the most recent issue of NASA’s The Earth Observer.
![STELLA 2023 summer interns collect data in a corn field.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023STELLAinterns_field.jpg)
Landsat In Your Hands: STEM Adventures with a DIY Instrument
One way to better understand the science and technology behind Landsat’s spectral measurements is to build a spectrometer. This past summer, two local high school students did just that.
![Headshot of Bex Dunn. Bex wears a palm-leaf pattern shirt with green black and teal colors. She has dark blond hair and oval shaped glasses.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Bex-Dunn_DEC2020-sm.jpg)
Bex Dunn: Landsat Data User + Wetland Explorer
Bex Dunn is an Earth Observation Scientist at Geoscience Australia where she uses Landsat data to better understand wetlands.
![Julia Barsi at the Landsat 9 launch pad](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Julia_L9launch-1.jpg)
Meet Julia Barsi, Landsat Calibration Scientist
Julia Barsi calibrates instruments on Landsat satellites.