Images

EROSPHERE displayed at the first PECORA convention.

The panel of speakers at the PECORA I conference.

Don Orr speaking during the PECORA I conference.

PECORA I sign at the Holiday Inn in downtown Sioux Falls, SD, on Oct. 27, 1975.

Mrs. Pecora Speaking at the first PECORA convention.

PECORA I conference

EROS Data Center tour during the PECORA I conference.

The front entrance doors of the EROS Data Center covered in frost during January blizzard.

Moving snow at the EROS Data Center after January blizzard.

1974 - First large data processing system, designed to process and archive EROS Data Center holdings. EROS History Project

1974 - Hawaii Nasa Mosaic Aircraft (E-329-810BN). EROS History Project

Data Analysis Lab, designed for evaluation and manipulation of Landsat data. EROS History Project

Photo lab turnstiles leading to photographic dark rooms.

The EROS Data Center dedication lobby. EROS History Project

The Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS 1) carried two sensor packages on the Return Beam Vidicon (RBV) and the Multispectral Scanner (MSS). The RBV was designed as the primary sensor; however, the MSS sensor proved more reliable. Upon launch the satellite was renamed Landsat 1.

RJ Thompson

Film storage as part of the physical archive. EROS History Project

Film inspections

Glenn Landis, the first Acting Chief of the EROS Data Center. Subsequently became the long-term Deputy Chief.

Representative film holdings in the EROS Data Center archive.

The photo lab at the EROS Data Center produced film prints of aerial photography and satellite images for global science applications.