Media Advisory: Officials, Agencies Celebrate 25 Years of Groundbreaking Science in Sioux Falls

Land remote sensing through the USGS-NASA partnership is vital to protecting and enhancing health, safety, national security, economic growth and quality of life in the United States. It provides information for critical scientific work such as domestic crop yield predictions that are critical for agricultural markets, famine early warning predictions, wildfire and drought monitoring, volcano and landslide monitoring, and earthquake studies. 

In August 1990, the USGS and NASA jointly established the Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center for collecting and disseminating critical land remote sensing information at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science center in Sioux Falls. This hub archives data from various land observing NASA satellites, and distributes them to over 130,000 global users.

What: Reporters are invited to the 25th anniversary celebration of the historic USGS-NASA land remote sensing partnership, its economic impact on the tri-state area and its myriad national benefits.



Who: Mike Connor, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior

Suzette Kimball, Acting Director, U.S. Geological Survey

Kevin Murphy, Program Executive, Earth Science Data Systems, NASA

Larry Pressler, Former South Dakota Senator (1979 to 1999)

Matt Michels, Lieutenant Governor South Dakota

Mike Huether, Mayor, Sioux Falls, South Dakota



When: Thursday, August 27

10:30 a.m. Ceremony

11:45 a.m. Media segment, including interview opportunities



Where: USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center

47914 252nd Street

Sioux Falls, South Dakota (map)