News Archives
Bejing, 1978 and 2010
One of the oldest and one of the most crowded cities in the world. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003700/a003791/beijing_2010.1020_gal.png
Phoenix 1972-2012
Agriculture shifts to neighborhoods over the course of four decades. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011000/a011041/Phoenix_timelapse_gal.png
Dead Sea Salt Farming
View changes in the Dead Sea over 40 years as salt farms multiply.
LDCM Orbit Swaths
LDCM orbits 13 times each day, and covers the whole Earth in 16 days.
Landsat 40th Live Shot
LDCM Project Scientist Jim Irons is interviewed on live TV.
Irrigation in Saudi Arabia
Even in the desert there is water, if you drill deep enough.
Crop Irrigation in Saudi Arabia
Even in the desert there is water for crops, if you drill deep enough.
Best of "Earth As Art"
The Top 5 images from the USGS “Earth As Art” collection.
News Archives
TIRS Gets Packed to Ship
< ![CDATA[Timelapse of 92 hours as the team cleans, bags, and packs TIRS to join the rest of the spacecraft.]]>
TIRS Passes 1st Thermal Testing
< ![CDATA[Video showing the engineers bringing TIRS out of its first round of thermal-vacuum testing.]]>
TIRS Overview
< ![CDATA[An introduction to the Thermal InfraRed Sensor on LDCM]]>
LDCM Spacecraft Animations
< ![CDATA[A collection of animations and still images of LDCM.]]>
Landsat 5 Suspension of Operations Extended
Source: Jon Campbell, U.S. Geological Survey Landsat 5 Earth imaging operations have been suspended for an additional 90 days while the U.S. Geological Survey Flight Operations Team (FOT) continues to investigate
Landsat in the FY2013 USGS Budget Request
Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Marcia McNutt, recently spoke at a briefing on the FY2013 budget request for USGS, which includes $53.3 million for Landsat 5 and 7
ASPRS Issues Resolution on U.S. Land Imaging
Source: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing By a unanimous vote of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Board of Directors, the Society has issued a third
NASA Landsat's Thermal Infrared Sensor Arrives at Orbital
Source: Rani Gran, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. A new NASA satellite instrument that makes a quantum leap forward in detector technology has arrived at Orbital Sciences Corp. in
EarthSky Interview with Alan Belward: Tracking Changes to Earth's Forests from Space
Satellite researcher Alan Belward works for the Institute for Environment and Sustainability, part of the European Commission’s Joint Research Center in Ispra, Italy. Dr. Belward heads the Land Resource Management
News Archives
TIRS Gets Packed to Ship
< ![CDATA[Timelapse of 92 hours as the team cleans, bags, and packs TIRS to join the rest of the spacecraft.]]>
TIRS Passes 1st Thermal Testing
< ![CDATA[Video showing the engineers bringing TIRS out of its first round of thermal-vacuum testing.]]>
TIRS Overview
< ![CDATA[An introduction to the Thermal InfraRed Sensor on LDCM]]>
LDCM Spacecraft Animations
< ![CDATA[A collection of animations and still images of LDCM.]]>
Landsat 5 Suspension of Operations Extended
Source: Jon Campbell, U.S. Geological Survey Landsat 5 Earth imaging operations have been suspended for an additional 90 days while the U.S. Geological Survey Flight Operations Team (FOT) continues to investigate
Landsat in the FY2013 USGS Budget Request
Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Marcia McNutt, recently spoke at a briefing on the FY2013 budget request for USGS, which includes $53.3 million for Landsat 5 and 7
ASPRS Issues Resolution on U.S. Land Imaging
Source: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing By a unanimous vote of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Board of Directors, the Society has issued a third
NASA Landsat's Thermal Infrared Sensor Arrives at Orbital
Source: Rani Gran, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. A new NASA satellite instrument that makes a quantum leap forward in detector technology has arrived at Orbital Sciences Corp. in
EarthSky Interview with Alan Belward: Tracking Changes to Earth's Forests from Space
Satellite researcher Alan Belward works for the Institute for Environment and Sustainability, part of the European Commission’s Joint Research Center in Ispra, Italy. Dr. Belward heads the Land Resource Management