GPM Core Spacecraft Beauty Passes
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- Visualizations by:
- Walt Feimer
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A variety of animated beauty passes of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core spacecraft.
Credits
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animators
- Walt Feimer (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
- Chris Meaney (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Producers
- Brooke Harris (USRA)
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Missions
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ID: 12053 B-Roll
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ID: 12050 Produced Video
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