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Celebrating 53 Years Since Landsat 1’s Launch
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When the first Landsat satellite launched in 1972, it posed the following question: could we manage our natural resources using…

Jul 23, 2025
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Virginia Norwood Recognized by National Inventors Hall of Fame
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Virginia Norwood is being posthumously recognized for designing the Landsat multispectral scanner system.

Jan 22, 2025
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MSS You! Photos from a 1972 Road Trip
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Two months before the launch of Landsat 1, the engineering model of the satellite’s multispectral scanner system went on a…

Jun 11, 2024
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Antarctica Unpinned
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New research shows that while some Antarctic ice shelves have been thinning since at least the 1970s, widespread thinning accelerated…

Feb 26, 2024
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Bidding Farewell to Virginia T. Norwood, the Mother of Landsat
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Virginia T. Norwood, a founding figure in the field of satellite land imaging, died on Sunday, March 26, 2023, at…

Mar 29, 2023
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A Half-Century of Loss in Northwest Greenland
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A pair of Landsat images acquired 49 years apart reveals where the region’s glaciers and ice caps have retreated and…

Aug 29, 2022
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July 23, 2022 Designated Landsaturday
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July 23, 2022, was designated as Landsaturday by the U.S. Senate in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Landsat…

Jul 25, 2022
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Virginia Norwood & the Little Scanner that Could
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Virginia T. Norwood, known as the person who could solve impossible problems, played a crucial role in the development of…

Jul 23, 2022
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Virginia T. Norwood, Engineer Responsible for First Landsat Multispectral Scanner, Receives 2021 ASPRS Lifetime Achievement Award
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Top honors were bestowed upon Virginia Norwood in recognition of her far-reaching impact on the field of remote sensing.

Apr 15, 2021
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