A Jan. 30 image from the Landsat 8 satellite reveals how the recent precipitation has transformed the water levels at Lake Nacimiento and Lake San Antonio. Photo below shows low water levels on Dec.

NASA prepares to launch satellite that will continue historic record of global change. You have full access to this article via your institution. Download PDF When ...

An Atlas 5 lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California Sept. 27 carrying the Landsat 9 satellite. Credit: ULA WASHINGTON — An Atlas 5 successfully launched the latest in the Landsat ...

The Landsat program's 50-year legacy of Earth observation continues. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's newest ...

Landsat 9 has opened its eyes. The next-generation Earth-observation satellite, which launched on Sept. 27, snapped its first photos of our planet on Oct. 31, NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS ...

Liftoff is set for 2:12 p.m. EDT (1812 GMT). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA has cleared its newest powerful Earth-observing ...

The United States Geological Survey is poised to shut down the Landsat 5, an observational satellite that has been circling our fair planet since 1984. The announcement comes about 25 years after when ...

Landsat 9, the newest and most powerful Earth-observing satellite, is set to launch on Monday. The satellite, which is a joint project between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), will continue ...

Launched back in March of 1984 with the intent of capturing satellite imagery of Earth, Landsat 5 was initially only planned for a three-year mission. Back in March of this year, it celebrated 28 ...

In a worst-case scenario, gyroscope failure could render the Landsat 7 Earth observation spacecraft useless by the end of 2007. While maintaining that the probability of such a catastrophe is unlikely ...

Nasa have launched a new high-tech satellite into Earth's orbit, which will capture incredibly accurate images of our planet and how it has changed over time. The Landsat-9 is the latest in a series ...