Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
NASA and the German Aerospace Center’s (DLR) Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) used twin spacecraft to measure changes in Earth’s gravity field and track the movement of water and ice.
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Identity
- Aliases
- GRACEGravity Recovery and Climate ExperimentGRACE-1/GRACE-2
- Name
- Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
- Status
- completed
Details
- Astronauts
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- Description
- NASA and the German Aerospace Center’s (DLR) Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) used twin spacecraft to measure changes in Earth’s gravity field and track the movement of water and ice.
- Destination
- Earth orbit
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Launched March 17, 2002, the twin GRACE spacecraft measured minute changes in their separation to produce monthly maps of Earth’s changing gravity field, transforming studies of groundwater, ice sheets, sea level and ocean circulation.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2002-03-17
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/grace/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 19:10:18 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 19:10:18 UTC
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