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riculture needs across the nation," Kimball said.
• Landsat 8, which is about the size of UPS truck with a 30-foot-long deployed sheet of solar panels, is stocked with a 10-year supply of fuel. It travels at a speed of 17,000 mph.
• Landsat 8 will work in tandem with Landsat 7, launched in 1999, to take pictures of each inch of the planet's surface every eight days. Landsat 7 continues to operate despite a faulty scan line corrector that leaves zigzag gaps in some images.
• Landsat 5, which dates back to 1984, worked decades past its expected mission end but began failing in November. Landsat 6 never reached orbit after its 1993 launch because of a ruptured manifold.
• The EROS Center has been preparing for the wave of new data, overhauling its data processing and storage systems and upgrading its ground station near Sioux Falls, as well as partner facilities in Alaska and Norway.
• "We now have over 20,000 Landsat 8 scenes that have already been collected dating back to April 12, and they are now available to the world at no cost," Kelly said.
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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- A 12-foot fiberglass shark stolen from a miniature golf course in Rapid City was recovered Wednesday, thanks to a tipster, police said.
• Authorities said they've identified suspects and are hoping to next net the culprits.
• The sculptured sea creature from Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf was being stored behind the business as it awaited repairs when it went missing last week. Its disappearance prompted a region-wide shark-hunt.
• "Everyone who came in asked if we had found the shark yet," Pirate's Cove general manager Stan Hansen told the Rapid City Journal.
• Rapid City police said an anonymous tip led officers to the statue in an open field in a field in Box Elder. Hansen made the positive ID Wednesday.
• The shark appears to be unscathed, is in a secure location and will be returned to the owners soon, police said.
• The shark's hefty price tag -- it's valued at $6,000 -- could mean that the thieves face grand theft charges in the case, authorities said.
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• KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A 10-year-old boy who found $10,000 in a drawer at

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