HS3 Stories

NASA’s Hurricane and Severe Storms Sentinel, or HS3, mission investigated tropical cyclones in the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Atlantic Basin hurricane seasons. Highlights of the mission can be seen in a new video. The six minute and 51 second video…

Looking out the window of a commercial plane during takeoff is like taking the nickel tour of the profile of the atmosphere. As the plane ascends, what may start as a gloomy day on the ground, can turn into rain…

NASA’s Hurricane and Severe Storms Sentinel or HS3 mission is taking flight, and Principal Investigator Scott Braun answered some behind-the-scenes questions about the 2014 mission. This is the final year of the HS3 mission which uses NASA instrumented, remotely piloted…