QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

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

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

Jason-3

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...

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

Sea levels across the globe are rising as a result of a changing climate — and the rate at which they are rising is accelerating. NASA Science Live was recorded Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, and featured...

Jason-3 Launch

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

Launch preparations are progressing! (11/21/01) Photos: Stacy Mitchell of John Hopkins APL/TIMED project

The Argo stop-motion animation aims to inspire children (and adults) to engage with marine science. It is quirky, fun and informative at the same time. The animation explains what an Argo float is,...

Fathoming the forces that determine global sea levels can be daunting. We present a guide to the basics of ocean surface topography.

Jason-1 Artists Concept

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will join a long-standing family of Earth observing satellites from NASA and European partners.

Launch preparations are progressing! (11/21/01) Photos: Stacy Mitchell of John Hopkins APL/TIMED project

This video discusses the water cycle, which is the movement of water around the Earth, and its importance to life. Changes to the water cycle affect climate and vice versa.

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

For NASA scientist Severine Fournier, studying our planet knows no borders.

Decades of Discovery - How altimeters help us every day.

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

Oceans of Climate Change

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

Jason-1: JMR instrument