Administrator Bridenstine: Twin Spacecraft Launch to Study the Earth

Admin­is­tra­tor Briden­s­tine: Twin Space­craft Launch to Study the Earth



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NASA Admin­is­tra­tor Jim Briden­s­tine talks about the GRACE Fol­low-on (GRACE-FO) mis­sion to track Earth­’s water movement. 

GRACE-FO is sched­uled to launch May 22, 2018 aboard a SpaceX Fal­con 9 rock­et from Van­den­berg Air Force Base, Cal­i­for­nia. The mis­sion will mon­i­tor changes in under­ground water stor­age, the amount of water in ice sheets and glac­i­ers and sea lev­el caused by the addi­tion of water to the ocean. Learn even more about the mis­sion at:



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