New Horizons Interview with Dennis Reuter
Instrument scientist Dennis Reuter answers questions about Pluto, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, and the Ralph infrared and visible spectrometer.
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (animations)
Southwest Research Institute (animations)
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Animator
- Chris Smith (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Editor
- Dan Gallagher (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Scientist
- Dennis Reuter (NASA/GSFC)
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Producer
- Dan Gallagher (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Associate producer
- Katrina Jackson (USRA)
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Makeup artist
- Nasreen Alkhateeb (AIMM)
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Videographer
- Rob Andreoli (AIMM)
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Production assistant
- John Caldwell (AIMM)
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Four Questions About New Horizons
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