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    Landsat 9: Nextgen of the Landsat Series

    Nearly 50 years after the launch of the first Landsat satellite, Landsat 9 strikes a balance using state-of-the-art technology that will collect the highest quality data ever recorded by a Landsat satellite, while still ensuring that these new measurements can be compared to those taken by previous generations of the Earth-observing satellite. The new satellite …

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    Key Milestones for Today’s Launch

    The Landsat 9 observatory will launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 11:12 a.m. PDT (2:12 p.m. EDT). Here’s a look at some of today’s upcoming countdown and ascent milestones. All times are approximate: COUNTDOWN Hr/Min/Sec Event – …

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    Live Coverage of Landsat 9 Begins

    Hello, and welcome to NASA’s live coverage of the Landsat 9 mission! Tune in to NASA Television, the NASA app, or the agency’s website, or follow along here on the mission blog for a look at all of today’s major milestones. Landsat 9 is a joint NASA and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mission to monitor …

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    Crew Gets Ready for Russian, U.S. Spaceship Activities This Week

    The Soyuz MS-18 crew ship and the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module are pictured above Hurricane Henri in the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 21, 2021.

    A Soyuz crew ship with three Expedition 65 crew members aboard will move to a new docking port on Tuesday. Two days after that a U.S. cargo craft will depart the International Space Station and return to Earth packed with science experiments and station hardware for retrieval. NASA Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei and Roscosmos …

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    Weather 90% Favorable for Today’s Launch

    NASA is targeting 11:12 a.m. PDT (2:12 p.m. EDT) today, Sept. 27, for launch of Landsat 9. The launch window is 30 minutes. The NASA-U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat 9 Earth-monitoring satellite will lift off atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Weather …

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    In Lompoc, Scientists Gather for Landsat Trivia Night

    By Jessica Merzdorf Evans //LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA// It’s a smoky Saturday evening in the small town of Lompoc, California, and most of the streets are quiet — except for the warmly lit tables and flickering tiki torches in the outdoor dining area at Hangar 7. It’s Landsat Trivia Night, and the small restaurant is bustling with …

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    NASA’s Landsat 9 ‘Go’ For Launch

    With two days to go until liftoff of Landsat 9, the NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) joint mission to monitor Earth’s land and coastal regions, everything is on track for Monday’s planned launch, with the 30-minute launch window starting at 11:12 a.m. PDT (2:12 p.m. EDT). The launch team adjusted the launch window …

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    Hitching a Ride on Landsat 9: ELaNa 34 CubeSats Fly First Class

    Two small research satellites that are launching as part of NASA’s 34th Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission promise exciting insights for the university researchers that developed them. The CubeSats will launch as secondary payloads when Landsat 9 lifts off at 11:11 a.m. PDT (2:11 p.m. EDT) Monday, Sept. 27, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/24/2021

    ISS Deboost – Today, the ISS performed a deboost using the SM main thrusters. The purpose of this boost is to set up the conditions for 2-orbit 65S Soyuz rendezvous and 64S Soyuz landing in October. The burn duration was 47 seconds with a Delta-V of 0.66 m/s. Payloads: BioMole:  A crewmember Stowed the MinION …

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    Televised Prelaunch Briefing Tomorrow for Landsat 9

    NASA will hold a prelaunch briefing tomorrow, Sept. 25, at 1 p.m. PDT (4 p.m. EDT), for Landsat 9, the NASA and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) joint mission to monitor Earth’s land and coastal regions. Briefing participants are: Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator, NASA Science Mission Directorate Karen St. Germain, Director, NASA Earth Science Division Tanya …

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