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2022.07.20 | Landsat turns 50 while Saber Astronautics launches an Australian Astronaut Program

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On The Space Show for Wednesday, 20 July 2022: 

Planet Earth — Episode 44

The 50th Anniversary of the Landsat Earth Observation Program:

  • The history of the Landsat satellites: a feature courtesy of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland
  • The Space Show in conversation with David Hudson, Director of Satellite Programs for Satellite Land Imagery Collection at Geoscience Australia about Landsat and Australia
  • Jeff Masek, the Project Scientist for Landsat 9 answers questions from the Goddard Space Flight Center Public Affairs team
  • Nine facts about Landsat

    • EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation): EMIT will be the first instrument to use NASA-invented imaging spectroscopy technology to comprehensively measure the mineral composition of the Earth's arid land dust source regions.

    Space Show News:

    • The recently launched United States National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) USA-334 satellite has an Australian Defence Force connection
    • On 5 July 2022, Saber Astronautics, an Australian global space operations provider, signed a deal with U.S. private spaceflight leader Axiom Space Inc. The agreement is set to create an Australian presence on the International Space Station (ISS) and future Axiom Station. Saber Astronautics will develop the first formal program to enable Australians and Australian industry to, via Axiom, access the Station’s orbiting microgravity laboratory and develop a new generation of space-developed products for human health, materials, electronics, cleantech, and more.
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