5 New Discoveries from NASA's Parker Solar Probe

Credits

• Animators

  • Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
  • Jonathan North (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
  • Scott Wiessinger (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)

• Writers

  • Karen Fox (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
  • Sarah Frazier (SGT)

• Editor

  • Genna Duberstein (ADNET Systems, Inc.)

• Scientists

  • Adam Szabo (NASA/GSFC)
  • Dave McComas (SwRI)
  • Eric Christian (NASA/HQ)
  • Justin Kasper (University of Michigan)
  • Nour Raouafi (Johns Hopkins University/APL)
  • Russ Howard (NRL)
  • Stuart Bale (University of California, Berkeley)

• Producer

  • Genna Duberstein (ADNET Systems, Inc.)

• Narrator

  • Chris Smith (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)

• Project support

  • Adam Szabo (NASA/GSFC)

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