Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

Jason-1 Artists Concept

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Ice covers 10 percent of Earth's surface and helps moderate the planet's temperature.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Nov. 21, 2020, at 9:17 a.m. PST

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

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The Falcon 9 protective payload fairing containing the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite

In many communities in the U.S., sea level rise is already a factor in people’s lives in the form of high-tide flooding.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is lifted to vertical at Space Launch Complex 4

SSH and SST - Indian Ocean

Jason-1 Lithograph

Early morning at the launch pad

The ocean is responsible for Earth's mild climate and makes life on Earth possible for all creatures.

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

On the left is Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA) relative to the sea level mean (1993-2018). On the right is Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) with the sea level trend as the straight line. The data a...

Mike Davis in front of the faring

A look at how NASA is dealing with the threat of sea level rise to its coastal infrastructure.

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

After living in coastal Virginia and seeing the effects of climate change firsthand, Ben Hamlington is now researching sea level rise at NASA JPL.

These photos were taken during the Dual Payload Attach Fitting (DPAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/13/01) Photos: Scott Michel

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite secured inside its payload fairing, is rolled to Space Launch Complex 4