QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

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

OSTM/Jason-2 - Data/ground track animation

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Mission team members perform acoustic tests of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite in a chamber outfitted with giant speakers that blast the spacecraft with sound. This is to ensure that the ...

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over France.

Early morning at the launch pad

Watch the Jason-3 Science Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists discussed the science and research of the Jason-3 mission.

This artist's concept shows Jason-3 over the California coast.

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

Jason-3 Animation

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

This is an artist's concept of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft.

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

Earth’s global sea levels are rising – and are doing so at an accelerating rate.

Jason-1 Line Drawing

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

Growing up in landlocked Zimbabwe, NASA JPL engineer Shailen Desai was far from the ocean but still experienced its effects on the climate. Now, he is contributing to an international effort to tra...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying the Jason-3 spacecraft. Liftoff was at 10:42 a.m. PST (1:42 p.m. EST).

Sea Level Isn't Level - Why it matters

For NASA JPL engineer Parag Vaze, studying Earth’s rising ocean has been a career three decades in the making.

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1