Today the U.S. Geological Survey announced that Landsat 5 will be decommissioned over the coming months, bringing to a close the longest-operating Earth observing satellite mission in history. By any ...

Since 1972 the Landsat mission has been monitoring natural and human-made changes to our planet. But the continuity of that scientifically precious dataset could be lost unless all goes according to ...

N ASA and the U.S. Geological Survey are again pressing the case for building a dedicated land imaging satellite to replace a pair of old and ailing Landsat spacecraft not expected to survive the ...

The map above—one of the first complete views of the United States from Landsat 8—is an example of how scientists are testing Landsat 8 data. David Roy, a co-leader of the USGS-NASA Landsat science ...

Landsat 5 has secured a new world record title for being the longest-operating Earth observation satellite after almost three decades in orbit. Guinness World Records sent an email confirmation to ...

When the newest Landsat spacecraft trains its state-of-the-art sensors on Earth's surface, it will provide images of our ever-changing planet in unparalleled clarity. Launched by NASA in partnership ...