NASA/JAXA Rainfall Measurement Mission Giving Way To Successor

HOUSTON— Based on declining fuel supply estimates, NASA is targeting April for the end of its groundbreaking joint Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Launched Nov. 27, 1997, on an initial three-year mission, TRMM is expected to re-enter...

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