Space NASA Satellite Data Help Pinpoint Glaciers’ Role in Sea Level Rise by Gary Kopycinski on May 17, 2013 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Space: How NASA Tracked the Most Intense Solar Storm in Decades May 16, 2024 Hubble Finds Hungry Black Hole Twisting Captured Star Into Donut Shape January 12, 2023 Christmas Launch Now for the James Webb Space Telescope December 21, 2021 WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2013. A new study of glaciers worldwide using observations from two NASA satellites has helped resolve differences in estimates of how fast glaciers are disappearing and contributing to sea level rise.