Earth and space science

Earth and Space Science

By alyssa_manning0508

  • 1879

    1879
    The USGS created its first map in 1879.

  • 1950's

    1950's
    In the 1950's a coast guardsman prepared to take pictures during a flight.

  • 1972

    1972
    In 1972, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the first Landsat satellite.

  • 1999

    1999
    In 1999, a team of scientists from the American Mueseum of Natural History used Landsat images to find a new site of dinosaur and early mammal fossils in the Gobi Desert.

  • map of 2300 B.C.

    map of 2300 B.C.
    One of the first known maps was made on a clay tablet about 2300 B.C. in ancient Sumeria.