Overview
- Released for Earth Day on April 22, NASA’s “Your Name in Landsat” drew about 48 million views and 177,000 likes within 48 hours from a Kennedy Space Center post on X.
- Users type a word without spaces, then the site builds each letter from real Landsat photos and shows the place and exact coordinates for every image.
- Results can be downloaded or shared, and the images are unaltered satellite scenes that make geography tangible for students, families and curious readers.
- The pictures come from the joint NASA–USGS Landsat record that has observed Earth since 1972 and has been free to access since 2008 through Earthdata Search, NASA Worldview and AppEEARS.
- Coverage highlights how Landsat’s multispectral sensors help track fires, crop health and water use, with reporting citing an estimated $25.6 billion economic impact in 2023.