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Below you'll find the most recent news about Landsat and USGS. Please contact Michelle Bouchard at mbouchard@usgs.gov for assistance with specific media questions and requests.

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New Tutorials Help Navigate Landsat Data in the Cloud

New Tutorials Help Navigate Landsat Data in the Cloud

Tutorials are now available to provide guidance and help users access, query, and use Landsat data directly from the USGS cloud storage location. 

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USGS Reinvents Widely Used NLCD

USGS Reinvents Widely Used NLCD

On your next drive, really look at what covers the landscape: Sprawling housing developments? Crowded skyscrapers? Parking lots? Farm fields? Forests...

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USGS Releases New Products that Map Four Decades of Land Cover Change

USGS Releases New Products that Map Four Decades of Land Cover Change

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey today released a newly updated and improved National Land Cover Database, known as Annual NLCD, which offers...

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New Landsat Science Team Request for Proposal Now Open

New Landsat Science Team Request for Proposal Now Open

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA have officially opened a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the 2025-2029 Landsat Science Team. This team will...

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Landsat’s Economic Value increases to $25.6 Billion in 2023

Landsat’s Economic Value increases to $25.6 Billion in 2023

A new report about the Landsat satellite program – a partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey and National Aeronautics and Space Administration...

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NLCD’s Path from Early Landscape Snapshot to Decades of Change

NLCD’s Path from Early Landscape Snapshot to Decades of Change

The widely used National Land Cover Database (NLCD) has long been the foundational land cover source for scientists, resource managers, and decision...

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Landsat 7 Brought Jobs, Science, Art and Memories to USGS

Landsat 7 Brought Jobs, Science, Art and Memories to USGS

All Landsat satellites have been important to the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. After all, storing and distributing...

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New Landsat Science Team Presolicitation Notice

New Landsat Science Team Presolicitation Notice

The U.S. Federal Government recently posted a presolicitation to gauge interest in establishing a new Landsat Science Team.

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Landsat 7 Ushered in a New Era for Land-Change Science

Landsat 7 Ushered in a New Era for Land-Change Science

The Landsat 7 mission was pivotal in meeting the need of global Earth observations and propelled land-change science research into a new era. The...

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New Application Informs Users About Reprocessed Landsat Products

New Application Informs Users About Reprocessed Landsat Products

A newly released search application from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) helps users track Landsat products that have been reprocessed within...

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End of an era: Historic Landsat 7 mission takes final images

End of an era: Historic Landsat 7 mission takes final images

RESTON, Va. — After more than 132,000 trips around the Earth and more than 3.3 million satellite images under its belt, the work of the Landsat 7...

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