WASHINGTON — The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) passed its critical design review in late May, clearing the way for construction of the moderate-resolution satellite. While NASA and the U.S.

WASHINGTON — Routine preparatory work on NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite has resumed following a pair of technical glitches earlier this year that added another three weeks of ...

NASA's latest Earth-observation satellite has snapped its first photos, continuing a four-decade effort by numerous spacecraft to track environmental change and resource use across the planet. The ...

We haven't heard anything from NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft since its launch in February, but the satellite is now ready to start sending its first images back home. The ...

Turning on new satellite instruments is like opening new eyes. This week, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) released its first images of Earth, collected at 1:40 p.m. EDT on March 18. The ...

The map above—one of the first complete views of the United States from Landsat 8—is an example of how scientists are testing Landsat 8 data. David Roy, a co-leader of the USGS-NASA Landsat science ...

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from California and safely boosted a new Earth-watching Landsat into a polar orbit Monday to kick off an $855 million mission, the latest chapter in ...

NASA's latest Earth-observation satellite blasted off Monday, continuing a storied four-decade effort to track environmental change and resource use across the planet. The Landsat Data Continuity ...

image: Located immediately east of Phoenix, Ariz., Gilbert is silver in the natural color image shown above. The infrared image reveals more landscape features. The city is purple. Going east, tan ...

Satellite was launched last week. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Feb. 19, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EMCORE Corporation (EMKR), a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the ...

The Landsat Data Continuity Mission reached a major milestone when it successfully completed its Mission Critical Design Review. The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) reached a major milestone ...