Landsat 9 Stories

The research teams who help sustain the largest freshwater reserve in the world are developing a new tool to promote more resilient farming systems in Brazil. The goal is to help farmers better handle changes in the water cycle, deal…

JANUARY ELaNa 20 Launch Marking the first payload carried by the LauncherOne rocket, Virgin Orbit’s 747-00 carrier, Cosmic Girl, took off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California on Jan. 17. The LauncherOne rocket, attached to the underside…

When the Landsat 9 satellite launched to space earlier this week on Sept. 27, it wasn’t the only spacecraft on the flight. NASA partnered with the U.S. Space Force to launch four CubeSats — miniature satellites — on the same Atlas V rocket.  …