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Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we hear from a pioneer in remote sensing.

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**Summary**: For our third and final episode of Eyes on Earth from the September launch of Landsat 9, we hear from Virginia Norwood. She blazed a trail for women in remote sensing in the 1960s and 70s while working for Hughes Aircraft, a contractor for NASA. Norwood is known as the “Mother of Landsat” for her design of the Multispectral Scanner, or MSS, the sensor used to image the Earth’s surface by early Landsat satellites. Norwood met her fans during a Q&A a few hours after the launch sponsored by the USGS and Ladies of Landsat. The episode also features an appearance from Kass Green, who founded a company in the 1980s that used Landsat data to map landscape change.

**Guests: **Virginia Norwood, physicist, Kass Green, Kass Green and Associates

**Hosts:** John Hult, Kate Fickas

**Producer:** John Hult

**Release date:** November 30, 2021

**More on Landsat 9:**
                                - Landsat 9 Galleries: Launch Week
                                - Eyes on Earth Episode 60 – Landsat 9 Launch Part 1
                                - Eyes on Earth Episode 61 - Landsat 9 Launch Part 2
                                - USGS, EROS Process ‘First Light’ Images from Landsat 9

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#### Timothy A. Glynn

##### Chief of Staff

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

tglynn@usgs.gov

605-594-6046

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November 30, 2021

####                 Eyes on Earth Episode 62 – Landsat 9 Launch Part 3              

Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Landsat Missions

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November 30, 2021

####   Eyes on Earth Episode 62 – Landsat 9 Launch Part 3

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November 15, 2021

####                 Eyes on Earth Episode 61 – Landsat 9 Launch Part 2              

Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Landsat Missions

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November 15, 2021

####   Eyes on Earth Episode 61 – Landsat 9 Launch Part 2

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Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we hear from a pioneer in remote sensing.

View Media Details

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**Summary**: For our third and final episode of Eyes on Earth from the September launch of Landsat 9, we hear from Virginia Norwood. She blazed a trail for women in remote sensing in the 1960s and 70s while working for Hughes Aircraft, a contractor for NASA. Norwood is known as the “Mother of Landsat” for her design of the Multispectral Scanner, or MSS, the sensor used to image the Earth’s surface by early Landsat satellites. Norwood met her fans during a Q&A a few hours after the launch sponsored by the USGS and Ladies of Landsat. The episode also features an appearance from Kass Green, who founded a company in the 1980s that used Landsat data to map landscape change.

**Guests: **Virginia Norwood, physicist, Kass Green, Kass Green and Associates

**Hosts:** John Hult, Kate Fickas

**Producer:** John Hult

**Release date:** November 30, 2021

**More on Landsat 9:**
                                - Landsat 9 Galleries: Launch Week
                                - Eyes on Earth Episode 60 – Landsat 9 Launch Part 1
                                - Eyes on Earth Episode 61 - Landsat 9 Launch Part 2
                                - USGS, EROS Process ‘First Light’ Images from Landsat 9

### Contacts

#### Timothy A. Glynn

##### Chief of Staff

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

tglynn@usgs.gov

605-594-6046

### Explore Search

                      - Climate
                      - Information Systems
                      - Maps and Mapping
                      - Landsat
                      - Landsat 9
                      - Remote Sensing
                      - podcasts
                      - Landsat 9 Launch
                      - Eyes on Earth
                      - EROS
                      - Virginia Norwood

View All **

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November 30, 2021

####                 Eyes on Earth Episode 62 – Landsat 9 Launch Part 3              

Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Landsat Missions

link

November 30, 2021

####   Eyes on Earth Episode 62 – Landsat 9 Launch Part 3

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link

November 15, 2021

####                 Eyes on Earth Episode 61 – Landsat 9 Launch Part 2              

Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Landsat Missions

link

November 15, 2021

####   Eyes on Earth Episode 61 – Landsat 9 Launch Part 2

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