NASA Selects UF Mission To Better Track the Earth’s Water and Ice
NASA has selected a team of University of Florida aerospace engineers to pursue a groundbreaking $12 million mission aimed at improving the way we track changes in Earth’s structures, such as tectonic plates and oceans.
The mission, titled “GRATTIS” (Gravitational Reference Advanced Technology Test in Space), was selected among 15 proposals in a national competition, while one other was categorized as selectable for funding, according to NASA.
GRATTIS will demonstrate the performance of state-of-the-art sensors that measure nanometer-scale gravitational changes from space to monitor movements on the Earth’s surface and interior.