The USGS has released a new satellite portrait of the nation that highlights how dramatically the American landscape has changed.

Farmers are using maps created with free data from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey’s Landsat satellites that show locations that are good and not good for growing crops. Farmer Gary Wagner walks ...

For more than half a century, satellites have been circling Earth, photographing forests, coastlines, farmlands, and cities with a consistency and precision that no other space program has matched.

NASA, working jointly with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), is preparing to launch the United States’ next Earth-monitoring satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on February 11. The ...

Among all Earth observation initiatives, the Landsat program stands out for longevity and continuity. Its roots go back to the launch of the Earth Resources Technology Satellite in July 1972, a ...

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Over the coming decades the United States and the world face growing challenges related to an increasing population, rising demand for natural resources, concerns about food security, and a changing ...

Scientists from a handful of universities across the country have made innovative use of satellite images from NASA to ...