GRACE

Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment

past Mission

Type

Orbiter

Launch

March 17, 2002

Target

Earth

Objective

Measure Earth's gravity

The GRACE twin satellites made detailed measurements of Earth's gravity field changes and revolutionized investigations of Earth's water reservoirs.

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GRACE Stories

Explore All GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment) Stories

Article

4 min read

NASA Satellites Reveal Abrupt Drop in Global Freshwater Levels

Article

6 min read

NASA-Funded Studies Explain How Climate Is Changing Earth’s Rotation

4 min read

NASA Satellites Find Snow Didn’t Offset Southwest US Groundwater Loss

Article6 months ago

Global map; different colored areas on each continent show the varying levels of freshwater

4 min read

New NASA Software Simulates Science Missions for Observing Terrestrial Freshwater

Article9 months ago

5 min read

US, Germany Partnering on Mission to Track Earth’s Water Movement

Article9 months ago

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