ATLAS: Laser Focus
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- Visualizations by:
- Adriana Manrique Gutierrez
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- Written by:
- Kate Ramsayer
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- Edited by:
- Ryan Fitzgibbons
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- Scientific consulting by:
- Thorsten Markus
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- Produced by:
- Ryan Fitzgibbons
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Laser Focus: Timing
Deputy Systems Engineer Phil Luers explains how the ATLAS transmitter and receiver subsystems come together to calculate the timing of photons, which, in turn, measure the elevation of ice.
Complete transcript available.
Music: "Electric Works" by Philippe Lhommet, Koka Media; "From Source to Sea" by Christophe Lebled, Pierre Jacquot, Koka Media.
Laser Focus: The Receiver
Opto-Mechanical Engineer Tyler Evans explains how the photons that bounce back from Earth are received and filtered by the ATLAS telescope.
For complete transcript, click here.
Laser Focus: The Transmitter
Opto-Mechanical Engineer Tyler Evans illustrates how the laser is transmitted from the ATLAS instrument on the ICESat-2 spacecraft.
For complete transcript, click here.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animator
- Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Writer
- Kate Ramsayer (Telophase) [Lead]
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Video editor
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Scientists
- Thorsten Markus (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Thomas A. Neumann (NASA/GSFC)
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Producer
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Narrators
- Philip J. Luers (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Tyler C Evans (SGT)
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Videographers
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
- John Caldwell (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
- Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
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Project support
- Anthony J. Martino (NASA/GSFC)
- Valerie Casasanto (UMBC)
Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Tapes
This visualization originally appeared on the following tapes:-
ATLAS: Laser Focus
(ID: 2015004)
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 4:00AM
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