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Artist's Concept of Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment

Dec 21, 2002
Illustration of the twin Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites in orbit.

Illustration of the twin Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites in orbit.

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Animation of the twin U.S./German Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites flying above Greenland. Among its many science accomplishments, GRACE monitored the ongoing loss of mass from Earth's ice sheets.

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