NASA's Fermi Mission Shows How Luck Favors the Prepared
- Written by:
- Francis Reddy
- Produced by:
- Scott Wiessinger
- View full credits
Explore how more than a century of scientific progress with gravitational waves, gamma rays and neutrinos has helped bring about the age of multimessenger astronomy.
Music: "Family Tree," "The Archives" and "Beyond Truth," all from Killer Tracks.
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.
Complete transcript available.
In 2017, NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope played a pivotal role in two important breakthroughs occurring just five weeks apart. But what might seem like extraordinary good luck is really the product of research, analysis, preparation and development extending back more than a century. This video timeline explores the historical progress of research into three cosmic messengers -- gravitational waves, gamma rays and neutrinos -- that Fermi helped bring together.
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Credits
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. However, individual items should be credited as indicated above.
Animators
- Brian Monroe (USRA)
- Chris Meaney (KBRwyle)
- Cruz deWilde (Avant Gravity)
- Josh Masters (Freelance)
- Scott Wiessinger (KBRwyle)
- Walt Feimer (KBRwyle)
Science writer
- Francis Reddy (University of Maryland College Park) [Lead]
Editor
- Scott Wiessinger (KBRwyle)
Producer
- Scott Wiessinger (KBRwyle) [Lead]
Narrator
- Barb Mattson (University of Maryland College Park)
Missions
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