50 years ago, a powerful satellite overcame opposition and changed how we understand Earth forever - Inverse

Landsat-1 gave us images of Earth like never before.

Fifty years ago, humanity gained a powerful new tool to study our home planet. That day, July 23, 1972, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the United States Geological Surve… [+8860 chars]

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