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Virginia Norwood and the Little Scanner That Could

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Virginia T. Norwood, known as the person who could solve impossible problems, played a crucial role in the development of the first space-based multispectral scanner instrument that flew on Landsat 1 and made the mission a success. Working together with NASA, USGS, university researchers, and her team at Hughes, Norwood successfully yoked the pioneering technology that made regular digital imagery of Earth from space possible.

Read more: https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/article/virginia-t-norwood-the-mother-of-landsat/

Lead Producers:
Evangeline Koonce (NASA/GSFC Interns)
Ashley Lobao (NASA/GSFC Intern)

Producer:
Matthew Radcliff (KBRwyle)

Narrator:
Ginger Butcher (SSAI)

Project Support:
LK Ward (KBRwyle)
Liz Wilk (KBRwyle)
Jacob Richmond (NASA/GSFC)

Writers:
Ginger Butcher (SSAI)
Laura Rocchio (SSAI)

Interviewee:
Naomi Norwood

Scientist:
Virginia Norwood

Please give credit for this item to: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Additional footage and imagery courtesy of the US Geological Survey, Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing (LARS), Purdue University, and WLWI-TV Indianapolis
MSS animations courtesy of Ross Walter
Additional interviews are shared from the Landsat Legacy Collection

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