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The Landsat program does more than just collect data. It helps write Earth's story.
Since 1972, Landsat satellites have systematically documented our planet's changing surface, from shifting agricultural patterns and urban expansion to forest loss and coastal erosion. This continuous record provides scientists with invaluable data to understand long-term environmental change.
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NASA Releases Landsat 10 Spacecraft Request for Proposal
The Landsat 10 Spacecraft Request for Proposal (RFP) is available for review via SAM.gov as of July 14, 2026.
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A large iceberg, observed in summer 2026, had drifted more than 1,000 kilometers south from the northeastern Greenland bay where…
Drought in the Rio Grande basin contributed to New Mexico’s largest reservoir dwindling to its lowest level in decades.
Western Iceland and northern Spain are among the few Northern Hemisphere locations experiencing a total solar eclipse on August 12,…
The ocean’s ebbs and flows reveal dynamic tidal flats and a well-traveled shipping route along the coast of Germany.
The coastal dune field in Brazil looks like a desert but fills with freshwater lagoons every year.
The expanse of glacial ice on Canada’s Baffin Island lost its snow cover quickly and early in summer 2026, revealing…
Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand’s third-largest island, is known for its vibrant birdlife, unique forests, wilderness beaches, and views of the…
The color of Adélie penguin droppings reveals what the birds are eating, offering scientists a way to track how sea…
Utah’s new solar power and battery storage facility is among the largest in the region.
Differences in the underlying bedrock and how rivers distribute sediment make the coastlines west of Portland look unlike those northeast…
Sediment eroded from ice-capped mountains splays out across a broad river valley on Russia’s Severny Island.
Orange streams are now being spotted in hundreds of watersheds in permafrost areas throughout Alaska’s Brooks Range.
