NASA's 2012 HS3 mission came to an end Nov. 6 when an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft flew a final data-collection mission in the North Pacific Ocean.
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NASA's HS3 Hurricane Mission Ends for 2012
HS3 Mission Thoroughly Investigates Long-Lived ...
NASA's Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel scientists had a fascinating tropical cyclone to study in long-lived Hurricane Nadine, making 5 flights over the storm.
Cutting-Edge Technology Makes NASA's Hurricane Mission ...
Scientists are currently flying state-of-the-art, autonomously operated instruments to gather difficult-to-obtain measurements of wind speeds, precipitation, and cloud structures in and around ...
NASA Ames Plays Key Role in the HS3 Global Hawk Mission
The Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) investigation is a five-year mission targeted to enhance our understanding of the processes that underlie hurricane intensity change in the Atlantic ...
HS3 Images on Flickr
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NASA Plane Helps Develop New Science Instruments
Over the next few weeks, an ER-2 high altitude research aircraft will take part in the development of two future satellite instruments.
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Nadine (Atlantic Ocean)
Nadine's life came to an end in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, 23 days after its birth.
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NASA's Hurricane Mission Takes Flight
NASA has begun its latest hurricane science field campaign by flying an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft over Hurricane Leslie in the Atlantic Ocean during a day-long flight from California to Virginia
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Two Hurricane Global Hawks, Two Sets of Instruments
HS3, will study hurricanes at the end of the summer, flying two high-altitude, long-duration unmanned aircraft with different instruments over the storms.
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NASA Global Hawk Pilots Face Challenges Flying Hurricane Missions
NASA's Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel, or HS3, mission will be a complex one for the pilots flying NASA's Global Hawk aircraft from the ground.
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Scott Braun Discusses Upcoming Hurricane Campaign
HS3 is a five-year mission specifically targeted to investigate hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean basin.
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HS3 Mission Gets Support From Ames
The Earth Science Project Office provides management for the Hurricane and Severe Storms Sentinel (HS3) mission flying this year.
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As it Happens: GRIP Photos →
Ride along with scientists, with the help of Flickr, as they explore tropical cyclones. This gallery shows photographs snapped during NASA's GRIP mission.
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NASA's Global Hawk Takes on Hurricanes
NASA's unmanned Global Hawk aircraft joins the Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes, or GRIP, mission to study hurricanes.