HS3 Hurricane Mission

HS3 Introduction for Educators video  →

NASA's Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel mission uses Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles to study tropical storms and hurricanes. This nine-minute video describes the mission.

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.

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.