<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/" xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#" xmlns:schema="http://schema.org/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xml:base="https://www.usgs.gov/">  <channel>    <title>Landsat Legacy</title>    <description><![CDATA[RSS feed of news related to Landsat Legacy]]></description>    <link>https://www.usgs.gov/</link>    <atom:link href="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />    <language>en</language>        <item>  <title>Kristi Kline Highlights USGS EROS Career on Podcast</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/kristi-kline-highlights-usgs-eros-career-podcast?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>Electrical engineer Kristi Kline arrived at USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center before Landsat 7 launched, before the government stopped charging for Landsat data, and when it took all day to process just 100 scenes.&nbsp;</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2024 10:25:45 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">748e1257-f229-46ab-8943-4ef2dab66d98</guid>    <author>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov (jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>USGS and Australia to continue partnership in Landsat Next satellite mission </title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/usgs-and-australia-continue-partnership-landsat-next-satellite-mission?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>The U.S. Geological Survey and Australia move toward a partnership as Australia agrees to join upcoming Landsat Next satellite mission.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:00:25 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>granderson@usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">e6d1f03c-91a3-4845-b586-b1827ea05106</guid>    <author>granderson@usgs.gov (granderson@usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>USGS Awards Competitive Remote Sensing Grant to AmericaView</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/news/technical-announcement/usgs-awards-competitive-remote-sensing-grant-americaview?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>The U.S. Geological Survey awards $1.47 million to AmericaView as the recipient of the National Land Remote Sensing Education, Outreach and Research Activity grant.&nbsp;</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:30:00 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>granderson@usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">0d791cbf-bb53-4f47-a207-365b88881c10</guid>    <author>granderson@usgs.gov (granderson@usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>New Paper Promotes the 50-year Landsat Collection 2 Archive </title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/news/new-paper-promotes-50-year-landsat-collection-2-archive?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>Recognizing the need for consistently processed remotely sensed data, the USGS initiated collections-based processing to ensure superior radiometric and geometric quality&nbsp;through time and across all Landsat instruments. In 2016, the entire Level-1 data archive were processed as Collection 1. In preparation for Landsat 9, the USGS archive was reprocessed as Collection 2 in 2020.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2023 15:33:10 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>lowen@contractor.usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">80fe3e90-7097-416c-b012-a04948e21f9f</guid>    <author>lowen@contractor.usgs.gov (lowen@contractor.usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>EROS 50th History: Landsat Unites USGS and NASA </title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/eros-50th-history-landsat-unites-usgs-and-nasa?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>Inspired by early images of the Earth from space, the Department of the Interior and the USGS had a bold idea in the 1960s to launch a satellite to keep a constant eye on Earth. But they needed NASA’s help to pull it off.&nbsp;</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Tue, 5 Sep 2023 09:27:10 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">b8061474-ad47-4838-a634-67378722f4be</guid>    <author>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov (jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>USGS EROS Celebrates 50 Years of a Mission that Matters</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/usgs-eros-celebrates-50-years-a-mission-matters?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>Fifty years ago, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) brought people together to work in a new government facility surrounded by South Dakota farm fields. The mission: act as stewards for land remote sensing imagery, especially the scenes collected by the fledgling Landsat satellite, and help people around the world make sense of it to benefit themselves and the planet.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 15:09:00 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">ab0edeab-dee0-426b-bd93-f48e5703c1a2</guid>    <author>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov (jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>Eyes on Earth Honors 50-Year USGS EROS Legacy in 100th Episode</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/eyes-earth-honors-50-year-usgs-eros-legacy-100th-episode?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>Check out our newest episode of Eyes on Earth – it’s a big one!</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Tue, 8 Aug 2023 09:27:40 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">a3373dc2-f03b-447b-88c6-076b72bb493b</guid>    <author>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov (jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>EROS 50th History: University Collaborations</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/eros-50th-history-university-collaborations?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>From early on, the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center forged relationships and connections with universities that ultimately became symbiotic.</p><p>EROS, which celebrates 50 years this year, has offered training and technology opportunities to faculty and students, while also benefiting from university research and skilled graduates-turned-employees.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2023 17:20:24 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">09330b0c-0627-4e6e-98ad-c8e88fc013be</guid>    <author>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov (jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>EROS 50th History, 2000-2023: Data and Science Surge</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/eros-50th-history-2000-2023-data-and-science-surge?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>As a new millennium dawned, the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center looked forward to a future full of new data and new science.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 14:53:39 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">8a66888f-ed49-4957-8746-23f0e29cbccf</guid>    <author>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov (jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>EROS 50th History, 1980-1999: Through Uncertainty to a Firm Footing</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/eros-50th-history-1980-1999-through-uncertainty-a-firm-footing?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>Mount St. Helens erupted May 18, 1980, spewing ash into the atmosphere, flattening forests for miles and killing 57 people.</p><p>When the ash settled, Landsat captured the aftermath. And the archive at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center proved its value once again, with vivid before and after images showing the extent of the devastation.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Wed, 5 Jul 2023 15:32:11 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">c8c87778-67e4-44f3-944f-1a10e61b584f</guid>    <author>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov (jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>EROS 50th History, 1966-1979: How Sioux Falls Ingenuity Secured the Center </title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/eros-50th-history-1966-1979-how-sioux-falls-ingenuity-secured-center?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>“We’ll give the land.”</p><p>When a member of the Sioux Falls business community blurted out that promise in Washington, D.C., in early 1970, it tipped the scales in the city’s favor: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, would be the future home of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2023 17:45:00 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">bac24324-bab5-4349-bcc4-ab540f46eb71</guid>    <author>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov (jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>Opening Landsat Archive Helped Realize Its True Value</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/opening-landsat-archive-helped-realize-its-true-value?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>Since the launch of the first Landsat satellite more than 50 years ago, scientists, government agencies and the public have found value and fascination in the imagery of the Earth’s land surface.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2023 16:13:17 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">de112b9d-1c1e-43ac-b049-b9a87dd31c11</guid>    <author>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov (jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>USGS Satellite Sensor Finds Home with Smithsonian</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/usgs-satellite-sensor-finds-home-smithsonian?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>The 50-year Landsat Program lies at the heart of the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, so naturally there are a few Landsat elements on display. Well, more than a few—imagery lines the lengthy hallways, displays divulge Landsat’s details and a model of Landsat 8 hovers above the lobby.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 18:04:06 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">a70ef739-e004-406c-a594-2dbab18873c2</guid>    <author>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov (jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>Celebrating a Decade of Landsat 8</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/news/celebrating-a-decade-landsat-8?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>Landsat 8 celebrates its tenth anniversary this week on Saturday, February 11, 2023. The technology of the satellite and its instruments, revolutionary in 2013, continues to provide important and timely data for scientific observation of the Earth’s land surfaces. Landsat 8 continues to image the Earth with Landsat 9 and Landsat 7.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 12:06:54 EST</pubDate>  <dc:creator>alloyd@contractor.usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">78752f8f-5e81-4c7e-8737-63fd43891c34</guid>    <author>alloyd@contractor.usgs.gov (alloyd@contractor.usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>2022 Year in Review for USGS EROS</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/2022-year-review-usgs-eros?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>Plenty of significant occasions and accomplishments were celebrated by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in 2022.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2022 15:51:49 EST</pubDate>  <dc:creator>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">0d9cee67-71b5-438a-ad86-b78ad2fa2a7c</guid>    <author>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov (jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>Landsat 5 Flight Operations Team Wins Pecora Award</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/landsat-5-flight-operations-team-wins-pecora-award?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>Landsat 5, already honored by the Guinness Book of World Records as the Longest Operating Earth Observation Satellite, received another award at the recent “Pecora 22” William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Fri, 4 Nov 2022 23:00:56 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">53bf86ee-4a5e-4e27-b5a2-c223615fa3ee</guid>    <author>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov (jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>New JACIE Compendium Honors Past, Explores Future of Earth Observation</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/new-jacie-compendium-honors-past-explores-future-earth-observation?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>The 2022 Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation—Remote Sensing Satellite Compendium has been released in time for the upcoming 22nd William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium (Pecora 22).</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2022 18:01:09 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">702d47d9-0e4c-4878-a84f-1bc1709e9646</guid>    <author>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov (jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>Landsat 9: USGS assumes control of newest satellite in Landsat program from NASA</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/landsat-9-usgs-assumes-control-newest-satellite-landsat-program-nasa?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>Sioux Falls, S.D. — The U.S. Geological Survey assumed complete operational control of the Landsat 9 satellite from NASA today at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in a ceremony featuring Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tanya Trujillo and Cathy Richardson, deputy director of flight projects at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2022 16:07:37 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>twoods@usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">9e3142e0-98af-404d-854e-5dd222723fe0</guid>    <author>twoods@usgs.gov (twoods@usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>Fifty Years of Landsat: Observing Earth to Look Forward</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/fifty-years-landsat-observing-earth-look-forward?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>On July 23, 2022, Landsat—a space-based Earth observation program conducted jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey and NASA—marks a half century of providing a continuous record of the Earth’s land surfaces. Landsat’s fifty-year archive of Earth observation supplies the world with an unparalleled baseline of trusted, empirical evidence to support a shared understanding of how the Earth is changing.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2022 12:29:43 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>ksussman@usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">1e67b3ab-383c-4565-80c1-1ae144562103</guid>    <author>ksussman@usgs.gov (ksussman@usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>Fifty Years of Landsat: Watchman for Wildfires</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/fifty-years-landsat-watchman-wildfires?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>Earth imagery is fundamental to the USGS fire mission to understand the causes, consequences, and benefits of wildfire. Imagery and data from Landsat satellites also provide information and tools that are widely used for decisions before, during, and after wildfires across the nation. This valuable intel helps prevent and manage larger, catastrophic events.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2022 18:33:28 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>ksussman@usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">a8a21c84-2e80-42e5-b166-3df446407d99</guid>    <author>ksussman@usgs.gov (ksussman@usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>Fifty Years of Landsat: Impartial Eye on Climate Change</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/fifty-years-landsat-impartial-eye-climate-change?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>Landsat, a space-based Earth observation program conducted jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey and NASA, celebrates a half century of providing a continuous record of the Earth’s land surfaces during 2022.&nbsp;</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2022 08:45:49 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>ksussman@usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">ab1943b8-8ee4-4460-b53c-305cfb3f508c</guid>    <author>ksussman@usgs.gov (ksussman@usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>Landsat: Helping Us Help Ourselves for 50 Years</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/landsat-helping-us-help-ourselves-50-years?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>We can’t see them, but they’ve faithfully circled above us for 50 years. From hundreds of miles away, Landsat satellites have revealed details and secrets of the Earth’s land that we miss standing on its very surface. They provide information to help us help ourselves, as we fight the risk of threats such as heat waves and wildfires and strive to manage resources like diminishing water supplies.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">d3bcf3a0-420a-493a-ba2b-3e38cd45603e</guid>    <author>jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov (jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>Fifty Years of Landsat: Observing Global Forests from above the Canopy</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/fifty-years-landsat-observing-global-forests-above-canopy?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>Around the world, forests provide timber and other wood products, fuel, flood control, biological diversity, recreation, carbon storage and much more. Part Three of our series looks at how freely available Landsat data provides a way for governments and conservation groups to monitor national laws that have been enacted to protect forests.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Thu, 7 Jul 2022 14:13:22 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>jgittens@usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">008aa951-fd98-48ff-b716-793abcf29889</guid>    <author>jgittens@usgs.gov (jgittens@usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>Fifty Years of Landsat: Sharing Earth information for the benefit of all </title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/fifty-years-landsat-sharing-earth-information-benefit-all?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>In 2022, the Landsat series of satellites, a program conducted jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey and NASA, celebrates a half century of worldwide Earth observations for the good of humankind. &nbsp;</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2022 15:56:50 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>hkoehler@usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">5de65075-e97e-416f-9639-5f5de78d2673</guid>    <author>hkoehler@usgs.gov (hkoehler@usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>Fifty Years of Landsat: Pioneer in Promoting Food Security from Space </title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/fifty-years-landsat-pioneer-promoting-food-security-space?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>Celebrating 50 years of continuous Earth observation, the joint U.S. Geological Survey/NASA Landsat program of Earth observation satellites has provided a broad range of scientists, professional analysts, and ordinary citizens around the globe with accurate and impartial Earth imagery and data.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Wed, 8 Jun 2022 12:34:06 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>hkoehler@usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">b441d076-2c35-4651-a42b-ee90a702788a</guid>    <author>hkoehler@usgs.gov (hkoehler@usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>Landsat 9 Products Now Available from ESPA</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/news/landsat-9-products-now-available-espa?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>Landsat 9 Collection 2 products can now be requested for processing from the EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) On Demand Interface.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 08:55:24 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>mbouchard@usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">821e768c-ee8c-4f40-b22a-aeaeacfcb3cf</guid>    <author>mbouchard@usgs.gov (mbouchard@usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>Published Works Demonstrate Dedication and Caliber of Landsat Science Team Members</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/news/published-works-demonstrate-dedication-and-caliber-landsat-science-team?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>Landsat Science Team members publish their research and results for the benefit of the remote sensing community. Their publications can be found in remote-sensing journals and periodicals, conference presentations, book sections and reports.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2022 11:03:25 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>lowen@contractor.usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">7342851c-3991-4a94-a9b9-ed70a7921d47</guid>    <author>lowen@contractor.usgs.gov (lowen@contractor.usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>Remote Sensing Community Says Goodbye to Longtime USGS EROS Chief Scientist Thomas Loveland</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/remote-sensing-community-says-goodbye-longtime-usgs-eros-chief-scientist-thomas?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>The scientific community lost a visionary on May 13, 2022. Thomas Loveland was the longtime Chief Scientist at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center and a globally recognized land change scientist whose work helped define the field of land remote sensing across a nearly 40-year career of public service.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2022 15:17:32 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>jhult@contractor.usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">3fdd2cfc-8771-4e63-878e-af7c092ffbaa</guid>    <author>jhult@contractor.usgs.gov (jhult@contractor.usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group 50th Meeting Held in Pretoria, South Africa</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/news/landsat-ground-station-operators-working-group-50th-meeting-held-pretoria?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>The USGS Landsat International Cooperator Network, in coordination with the South African National Space Agency (SANSA), held the first in person Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group (LGSOWG) #50 meeting since 2019 in Pretoria, South Africa during the first week of May.</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2022 10:00:00 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>mbouchard@usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">290a9fca-ce55-43c0-8778-e2489962b4f8</guid>    <author>mbouchard@usgs.gov (mbouchard@usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item><item>  <title>Explore the Landsat Archive with New Interactive Map</title>  <link>https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/news/explore-landsat-archive-new-interactive-map?utm_source=comms&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=news</link>  <description><![CDATA[<p>Explore the USGS Landsat archive with the Landsat Archive Dashboard. Now available, the interactive map displays Landsat data products over their orbit path. This tool enables users to search and discover the Landsat archive in a new, innovative manner.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>]]></description>  <pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:23:02 EDT</pubDate>  <dc:creator>hjwilson@contractor.usgs.gov</dc:creator>  <guid isPermaLink="false">f92d8330-b635-44f7-be11-2dd1b4660b26</guid>    <author>hjwilson@contractor.usgs.gov (hjwilson@contractor.usgs.gov)</author>  <source url="https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/507/news/feed">U.S. Geological Survey</source></item>  </channel></rss>