http://remotesensing.usgs.gov/ News, Articles, Publications released by The USGS Land Remote Sensing Discipline. http://landsat.usgs.gov/Landsat_Search_and_Download.php For the first 1.1 million free Landsat scenes, users had to download one scene at a time. The Landsat Project has developed a bulk download tool so users can more easily download entire lists. After uploading a list of Landsat Scene IDs, scenes that are available on-line can be immediately downloaded. For those scenes that need to be processed, a link is provided directly into our EarthExplorer ordering system (there is no charge for processing). GloVis, EarthExplorer, or user-generated Landsat Scene ID lists can be used. 2009-09-30 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2309&from=rss_home Data from earth-observing Landsat satellites play a central role in a new, award-winning type of mapping that tracks water use. Water-use maps help save taxpayer money by increasing the accuracy and effectiveness of public decisions involving water – for instance, in monitoring compliance with legal water rights. The maps are especially important in dry western states where irrigated agriculture accounts for about 85 percent of all water consumption. 2009-09-21 http://www.doi.gov/news/09_News_Releases/070709b.html Salazar Announces Satellite Data on Nature's Timing Can Help Track Climate Change The USGS has made its long-term historical remote sensing data and graphics about biological life-cycle events available to the public at no charge on the web, Secretary of the Interior Salazar announced today. 2009-09-08 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2299 Landsat 5, the quarter-century-old satellite workhorse, is back in its traces. When the historically reliable earth observation satellite began tumbling in space on the morning of August 13, engineers from the USGS Landsat Flight Operations Team immediately started processes to protect the satellite and to restore capability. 2009-09-04 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2281&from=rss_home Landsat 5 tumbled out of control in the early morning of August 13. Full operational capabilities restored. The cause of the malfunction is still being investigated. 2009-08-24 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2293 On August 17, someone who wanted to see how the Earth looks from 440 miles away in space downloaded the one-millionth Landsat satellite image scene from a U.S. Geological Survey web site at its Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Since the USGS opened its full Landsat archive to user access at no charge last October, the response from across the nation and around the globe has grown exponentially. 2009-08-20 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2281 Landsat 5 experienced an anomaly in the early morning hours of August 13, 2009. The Flight Operations Team (FOT) is assessing the problem and testing spacecraft systems. No imaging will occur until further notice. 2009-08-13 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2259 U.S. Geological Survey scientists and cartographers played an important but relatively unknown role during the Apollo 11 moon landing 40 years ago this week. 2009-07-20 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2258 Astrogeologists at the U.S. Geological Survey here provided critical data sets used in the latest release of planetary exploration tools from Google, Inc. The updated software enables users to explore the moon in high detail, including the Apollo 11 landing site. 2009-07-20 http://www.doi.gov/news/09_News_Releases/071609.html Images derived from classified materials are now available to the public through the US Geological Survey's website to support environmental analysis of global climate-related science, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today. 2009-07-17 http://www.doi.gov/news/09_News_Releases/070709b.html Interior Secretary Salazar Announces Satellite Data on Nature's Timing Can Help Track Climate Change. The USGS long-term historical remote sensing data and graphics about biological life-cycle events is now available to the public at no charge on the web. 2009-07-08 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2243&from=rss_home Take vast quantities of satellite remote sensing data. Season with time. Mix generously with information about climate, soils, and recent rainfall. These are the ingredients for the Vegetation Drought Response Index. 2009-06-24 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2191&from=rss Dr. Thomas Loveland, Senior Scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center has been named a 2009 Fellow for the American Society for Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry 2009-04-24 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2154 Outliving its expected 3-year lifespan by more than 22 years, on March 1 Landsat 5 completed a busy quarter-century of collecting information about and observations of the planet Earth's land mass and seems to still be going strong. 2009-03-05 http://remotesensing.usgs.gov/pecora.php The William T. Pecora Award is presented annually to recognize outstanding contributions by individuals or groups toward understanding the Earth by means of remote sensing. Any individual or group (domestic or international) working in the field of remote sensing of the Earth is eligible to receive the William T. Pecora Award. 2009-02-27 http://video.timesnews.net/global/video/popup/pop_playerLaunch.asp?vt1=v&clipFormat=flv&clipId1=3382632&at1=News&h1=USGS Earth Ronald E. Beck, a Public Information Specialist with the U.S. Geographical Survey recently spoke at the Kingsport Public Library (http://www.kingsportlibrary.org/podcast.php) about how remote sensing can document physical changes on earth. Click on the RSS link to view the complete video of his discussion. (Approximately 53 minutes). 2009-02-13 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2079&from=rss_home The prestigious 2008 William T. Pecora Award for outstanding contributions to the understanding of the Earth by means of remote sensing has been presented to Samuel N. Goward of the University of Maryland-College Park and the QuikSCAT Mission Team. 2008-11-24 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2076&from=rss_home In a breakthrough applauded today by the international Group on Earth Observations, scientists and decision-makers will soon have unrestricted global access at no charge to the USGS Landsat archive, the world's most extensive collection of continuously-acquired land imagery. 2008-11-21 http://www.doi.gov/news/08_News_Releases/080804.html With the click of a mouse, scientists, government officials and land managers will be able to see the changes in the earth’s landscape at any point in the past three and a half decades,” Kempthorne told the audience on Saturday. 2008-08-05 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1967&from=rss_home Federal and state agencies that need satellite imagery from commercial sources will find it much easier to acquire the data through a streamlined process managed by the U.S. Geological Survey. 2008-07-01 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1960 The story of the Nation's land during the last 75 years can be told impartially through records of earth observation - aerial photographs dating from the 1930s and satellite images dating from the 1960s. Preserving important records of the Nation's history while providing convenient public access to them is a vital responsibility of government. To meet this responsibility, NARA and USGS have signed an agreement creating a cooperative framework for how the two Federal agencies will ensure the preservation and access of the massive earth imagery and geospatial data resources currently archived by the USGS at EROS. 2008-06-13 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1931 Boldly Going Where No Man (or Woman) Goes: USGS Unmanned Aircraft 2008-05-08 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1933&from=rss_home Landsat Satellite Imagery Used to Assess the Impact of Myanmar's Cyclone Nargis 2008-05-08 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1929 USGS Awards Satellite Imagery Contracts: Enhancing Access to Users 2008-05-02 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1881 Landsat 5 Satellite Back in Action 2008-02-29 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1837 Excellence in Earth Observation Honored 2007-12-11 http://www.doi.gov/news/07_News_Releases/071130a.html Kempthorne-Led U.S. Group on Earth Observations Announces Scientific Initiatives 2007-11-30 http://www.doi.gov/news/07_News_Releases/071129.html Secretary Kempthorne Leads U.S. Delegation to International Earth Observation Summit in South Africa 2007-11-28 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1712 USGS Provides Compelling Images of Alabaugh Canyon Fire 2007-07-27 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1711 The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is pleased to announce the release of the TerraLook data product. 2007-07-27 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1676 USGS Pilot Project Makes High-Quality Landsat Data Available Through Web 2007-05-25 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1647 Commercial Satellite Imagery Companies Partner with the U.S. Geological Survey in Support of the International Charter “Space and Major Disasters” 2007-04-12 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1630 USGS Collaborates on Unique, Comprehensive View of Antarctica 2007-03-07 http://www.doi.gov/news/07_News_Releases/070131.html U.S.-Canadian Science Pact to Improve Monitoring of Land Cover, Biodiversity, Climate Change 2007-01-31 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1587 DOI and NASA Honor Achievements in Remote Sensing 2006-12-14 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1571 USGS and NASA Select Landsat Science Team 2006-10-16 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1419 Landsat 5 Experiencing Technical Difficulties 2005-11-30 http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1414 DOI and NASA Honor Scientists for Achievements in Remote Sensing 2005-11-09 http://www.doi.gov/news/05_News_Releases/050204a The President's budget calls for increasing the Landsat 7 budget by $12 million so that this important earth-imaging satellite program can continue to provide critical information to scientists, emergency relief officials, land managers and planners. 2005-02-04