July 26, 2002

Celebrating 30 Years of Imaging the Earth

The Mand River and the small town of Konari nestle in the Zagros Mountains in western Iran

NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey this week celebrate Landsat's 30th anniversary of imaging the Earth.

On July 23, 1972, NASA launched the first Landsat satellite, beginning the longest-running record of Earth's continental surfaces as seen from space -- a record unmatched in quality, detail, coverage and importance. This 30-year archive of imagery, a scientific partnership between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), provides invaluable historical detail that helps us understand and protect our home planet.

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the first Landsat launch, NASA and the USGS have assembled an exhibit called "Landsat: Earth as Art." These images, created by the USGS using Landsat 7 data, introduce the general public to the Landsat Program, administered jointly by USGS and NASA. The USGS operates Landsat 5 and 7 and manages the national archive of data collected by all the Landsat satellites, distributing these data to researchers around the world.

For the complete article on the celebration of imaging the Earth, go to: http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory
/20020722landsat30.html

NASA 's Mission:
*To understand and protect our home planet
*To explore the Universe and search for life
*To inspire the next generation of explorers
…as only NASA can

For a further details of the NASA mission, go to: http://www.nasa.gov/bios/vision.html

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