With 50 years of data, Landsat has touched scientists around the world, studying everything from glaciers to green spaces. In fact, there are so many researchers using Landsat that an organization formed called the Ladies of Landsat. As we wait for the rocket, I’m here with two Ladies of Landsat -- Dr. Kate Fickas and Nikki Tulley. | NASA Earth

🌍✨ Ever wondered what it looks like to travel across half the world in just 15 minutes? NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite, also known as the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), captured one continuous strip of Earth stretching 5,665 miles — from northern Russia all the way to South Africa! 🚀 Each pixel shows about 30 meters of ground, and the satellite’s camera covers a massive 185 km-wide swath in one pass. Normally, Landsat orbits the entire planet in about 100 minutes… but this “director’s cut