NASA prepares to launch satellite that will continue historic record of global change. You have full access to this article via your institution. Download PDF When ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A new satellite hovering nearly 450 miles above the Earth appears to working flawlessly as it embarks on a 10-year mission to document the planet's surface, scientists and ...

In its five years in space, the Landsat 8 Earth-observing satellite has racked up some impressive statistics: 26,500 orbits around the planet, 1.1 million “scenes” captured, a motherlode of images ...

Artist's concept of the Landsat 8 satellite NASA launched in February 2013. Credit: Orbital ATK The successful launch Feb. 11 of the Landsat 8 Earth observation satellite brought sighs of relief from ...

The Landsat 8 satellite is scheduled for launch from the Vandenburg Air Force Base in California this Monday, February 11, between 10.02 a.m. and 10.50 a.m. (PST). Pitched as the most important NASA ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Landsat 8 launched this February and has been capturing images since April. The satellite orbits Earth every 99 minutes and captures images of ...

A Jan. 30 image from the Landsat 8 satellite reveals how the recent precipitation has transformed the water levels at Lake Nacimiento and Lake San Antonio. Photo below shows low water levels on Dec.

video: On Feb. 11, 2013, Landsat 8 launched into Earth orbit, riding on an Atlas V rocket. Weighing 6,133 pounds, Landsat 8 is the eigth satellite in the long-running Landsat program, jointly managed ...

Landsat 8, the newest member of the Landsat family, was launched on 11 February 2013. To highlight the global character of this mission, NASA invited a large number of international guests to ...

The Landsat program involves a series of satellites that each take tens of thousands of pictures of Earth over their lifetime. The first Landsat satellite was launched into orbit in 1972, which makes ...

WASHINGTON — Building a successor to Landsat 8, the latest in a long-running series of medium-resolution Earth observing satellites, will cost more than the $650 million target Congress asked NASA to ...

A new satellite hovering nearly 450 miles (725 kilometers) above the Earth appears to working flawlessly as it embarks on a 10-year mission to document the planet's surface, scientists and engineers ...