The first images of Earth from Landsat 9 have been released this month, ushering in a new chapter in the longest-running continuous satellite program dedicated to Earth observation. The satellite, ...

Earth Day may be officially commemorated on April 22, but that doesn't mean it can't be celebrated year-round in myriad ways. One fun way? Online users can spell their name — or anything, really — ...

The Landsat 8 captures the beauty of the earth below in surprisingly artistic satellite images. Landsat 8, Caspian Scour. In shallow waters surrounding the Tyuleniy Archipelago in the Caspian Sea, ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is developing electronics and flight software for the NASA/U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ...

The first image collected by Landsat 9, on Oct. 31, 2021, shows remote coastal islands and inlets of the Kimberly region of Western Australia. Landsat 9, a joint mission between NASA and the U.S.

Since the launch of its first satellite in 1972, the Landsat mission has collected data on forests, farms, cities, oceans and lakes. Acquiring millions of images over the years, the Landsat program is ...

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, U.S. Geological Survey (Earth Resources Observation and Science Center) Project Description and Status: This project provides science systems engineering support for ...

For more than half a century, satellites have been circling Earth, photographing forests, coastlines, farmlands, and cities with a consistency and precision that no other space program has matched.

NASA is scheduled to launch Landsat 9 into orbit this September, where it will replace Landsat 7 and join Landsat 8 in providing images of the Earth. It will become the latest imaging satellite to be ...

This project provides general calibration and systems support for the Landsat thermal band instruments for NASA. Specifically, this involves the continuing on-orbit characterization and calibration of ...