Landsat images acquired in 1992 and 2012 (top and bottom, respectively) show the transformation of China’s Binhai New Area from salt farms, reed marshes and wasteland to one of China’s key economic ...

NASA’s Landsat satellites have consistently made history in Earth observation since the project’s first launch in 1972, with this year marking 50 years of innovation and science. Its influence may ...

Assistant Professor of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut Landsat is one of the most important U.S. satellite systems. Since the program’s launch in 1972, Landsat ...

A Nevada lithium project central to US efforts to secure domestic mineral supply is leaning on a half-century-old satellite program for modern answers. The US Geological Survey’s (USGS) Landsat ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Landsat 8 launched this February and has been capturing images since April. The satellite orbits Earth every 99 minutes and captures images of ...

Landsat has given us a new view of Earth in more ways than one. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Landsat is an eagled-eyed ...