Landsat 8 – Going Operational

On May 30th, 2013 NASA handed-off the Landsat mission to the USGS EROS Center in Soux Falls South Dakota.
Remarks by Larsen. Dr. Michael Freilich, Earth Science Division Director, NASA.  A virtual appearence from NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden and Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell. Dr. James Irons, Scientist at NASA Goddard and Dr. Tom Loveland, a geographer at EROS