NASA satellite images regularly map active fires around the world. Once a fire is out, satellite data and maps are also used by scientists to measure and protect the scorched land, and have played ...

NASA’s Earth-observing fleet of satellites provides a worldwide and unbiased view with standardized scientific data — information crucial for tracking the health of the world’s forests ...

Landsat, which has been in operation since 1972 to track changes to the earth over time, makes its data open and accessible, which is how Google is able to update its maps products as new imagery ...

The literal moonshot to map the moon 's surface in the 1960s ahead of human landings inspired the Landsat program's effort to provide high-quality images of the Earth, according to NASA.

Capital Weather Gang New Earth-observing satellite beams back first images Landsat 9, launched in September by NASA and USGS, offers ultra-detailed views of the Earth’s surface.

Virginia Norwood, pioneered Earth imagery as ‘Mother of Landsat,’ dies at 96 A male colleague once quit rather than work under Ms. Norwood’s leadership. When he asked to return, she turned ...

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 ...

The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica was an 18-month project that sought to enable better research of the world’s coldest and most isolated continent.

Landsat is the longest continuously running land-observing satellite program in the world, and has become an invaluable multitool across scientific disciplines.

Landsat sets the standard for maps of world's forests Date: June 18, 2012 Source: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Summary: Countries like Brazil are using data from NASA satellites to track and ...

Landsat's views of Earth are at a 30 by 30 meter (32.8 yard) resolution, about the size of a baseball diamond. "That's a pretty appropriate scale for doing country-wide estimates of forest change ...