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New NASA photo satellite to join 40-year mission

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This Aug. 7, 2012, photo provided by NASA shows the next Landsat imaging satellite during testing at Orbital Science Corporation’s facility in Gilbert, Ariz. A team of nearly 140 international scientists and engineers will gather on Sept. 24-28 at the U.S. Geological Survey’s EROS Data Center near Sioux Falls, S.D., to discuss how the satellite will be used once it’s launched into space in February. The imaging satellite, which will be known as Landsat 8 once it reaches orbit, continues the mission of Landsat 7, which has been transmitting images since 1999, and Landsat 5, launched in 1984 but on its last legs. (AP Photo/NASA, Courtesy Orbital Sciences Corporation)

A fleet of picture-snapping NASA satellites that for 40 years has documented forest fires, tsunamis and everyday changes in the Earth’s geography will soon get a new member.

Posted: September 22nd, 2012 in Latest Business Stories,Science and Health | Read More »

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