NASA transferred operational control Thursday of the Landsat 8 satellite to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in a ceremony in Sioux Falls, S.D. The event marks the beginning of the satellite’s ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — 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 ...

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One year ago, on Feb. 11, 2013, NASA launched the Landsat 8 Earth-observing satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The launch went perfectly, and 100 days later NASA transferred ...

NASA captured a snap of the oddly festive icy landscape feature using the Landsat 8 Earth observation satellite.

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 ...

NASA has captured an astonishing image from space showing a figure made of frozen lagoons that strikingly resembles a snowman ...

VANDENBERG AFB, CA – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science Anne Castle, United States ...

NASA officially gave control of the Landsat 9 satellite to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) during a ceremony at the Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS) on Thursday. EROS, north of ...

In May, about 30 miles from the ominously named town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, a conflagration began. Known as the Black Fire, it soon blew up, growing explosively and consuming huge ...

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