Why Won't it Melt? How NASA's Solar Probe will Survive the Sun
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe is heading to the Sun. Why won't the spacecraft melt? Thermal engineer Betsy Congdon (Johns Hopkins APL) outlines why Parker can take the heat.
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Producer
- Genna Duberstein (USRA)
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Editor
- Genna Duberstein (USRA)
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Videographer
- Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
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Engineer
- Betsy Congdon (Johns Hopkins University/APL)
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Narrator
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA)
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Writer
- Genna Duberstein (USRA)
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Animators
- Steve Gribben (Johns Hopkins University/APL)
- Brian Monroe (USRA)
- Josh Masters (USRA)
- Michael Lentz (USRA)
- Genna Duberstein (USRA)
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Illustrator
- Mary P. Hrybyk-Keith (TRAX International)
Release date
This page was originally published on Thursday, July 19, 2018.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:46 PM EDT.
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