Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

News

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

Subscribe to EROS Headlines e-mails.
Filter Total Items: 528
Jim Rowland Is Retiring from USGS EROS, But His Workplace Stretched to Africa

Jim Rowland Is Retiring from USGS EROS, But His Workplace Stretched to Africa

Thirty years ago, a contractor at USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center hired a man who could speak French—in a strong Quebec...

Read Article
Landsat Collection 1 Datasets to be Removed on December 30, 2022

Landsat Collection 1 Datasets to be Removed on December 30, 2022

All Landsat Collection 1 data and science products in the USGS archives will become unavailable on December 30, 2022. Additionally, the ability to...

Read Article
Landsat Technical Working Group Meets in Germany

Landsat Technical Working Group Meets in Germany

The USGS Landsat International Cooperator Network, in coordination with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), met for the Landsat Technical Working Group...

Read Article
Landsat 5 Flight Operations Team Wins Pecora Award

Landsat 5 Flight Operations Team Wins Pecora Award

Landsat 5, already honored by the Guinness Book of World Records as the Longest Operating Earth Observation Satellite, received another award at the...

Read Article
Pecora Awards Honor Excellence in Earth Observation

Pecora Awards Honor Excellence in Earth Observation

Images of Earth are so common these days that it’s easy to forget that these illuminating visuals are actually grounded in remote sensing data that...

Read Article
New Publication Describes Landsat 9 Geometric Characteristics

New Publication Describes Landsat 9 Geometric Characteristics

A recent publication provided the results of the analysis done from the Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 underfly activities that took place in late 2021.

Read Article
New JACIE Compendium Honors Past, Explores Future of Earth Observation

New JACIE Compendium Honors Past, Explores Future of Earth Observation

The 2022 Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation—Remote Sensing Satellite Compendium has been released in time for the upcoming 22nd William T...

Read Article
USGS EROS Wins Communications Award for Denver Refuge Display

USGS EROS Wins Communications Award for Denver Refuge Display

The USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center has won a USGS Shoemaker Award for Communications Product Excellence for a striking...

Read Article
USGS Sentinel-2 Data Archive Ends Soon

USGS Sentinel-2 Data Archive Ends Soon

The USGS Sentinel-2 archive will soon be decommissioned.

Read Article
Landsat 9 Captures Swirling Hurricane Ian

Landsat 9 Captures Swirling Hurricane Ian

For five decades, Landsat satellites have captured a variety of natural disasters and their effects. The most recently launched, Landsat 9, peered...

Read Article