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When the first Landsat satellite launched in 1972, it posed the following question: could we manage our natural resources using…
Virginia Norwood is being posthumously recognized for designing the Landsat multispectral scanner system.
Two months before the launch of Landsat 1, the engineering model of the satellite’s multispectral scanner system went on a…
New research shows that while some Antarctic ice shelves have been thinning since at least the 1970s, widespread thinning accelerated…
Virginia T. Norwood, a founding figure in the field of satellite land imaging, died on Sunday, March 26, 2023, at…
A pair of Landsat images acquired 49 years apart reveals where the regionâs glaciers and ice caps have retreated and…
July 23, 2022, was designated as Landsaturday by the U.S. Senate in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Landsat…
Virginia T. Norwood, known as the person who could solve impossible problems, played a crucial role in the development of…
Top honors were bestowed upon Virginia Norwood in recognition of her far-reaching impact on the field of remote sensing.
