Terraforming the Martian Atmosphere

Credits

• Animator

  • Bailee DesRocher (USRA) [Lead]

• Scientist

  • Bruce Jakosky (LASP)

• Artistic director

  • Michael Lentz (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)

• Producer

  • Dan Gallagher (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)

• Support

  • Walt Feimer (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)

• Technical support

  • Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)

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    ID: 12557 Produced Video

    MAVEN Reveals Mars Argon Loss to Space

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    ID: 4370 Visualization

    Solar Wind Strips the Martian Atmosphere

    Nov. 5th, 2015
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    Scientists have long suspected the solar wind of stripping the Martian upper atmosphere into space, turning Mars from a blue world to a red one. Now, NASA's MAVEN orbiter is observing this process in action, providing significant data on solar wind erosion at Mars.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || MarsAtmoLossExplainPreview.jpg (1920x1080) [993.6 KB] || NASA_TV_4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss.mpeg (1280x720) [369.5 MB] || APPLE_TV_4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_appletv_subtitles.m4v (1280x720) [53.7 MB] || WEBM_4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_APR.webm (960x540) [44.7 MB] || 4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [53.7 MB] || 4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_APR.mov (3840x2160) [5.9 GB] || YOUTUBE_HQ_4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_youtube_hq.mov (3840x2160) [2.2 GB] || LARGE_MP4_4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_large.mp4 (3840x2160) [111.3 MB] || 4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_APR_Output.en_US.srt [2.3 KB] || 4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_APR_Output.en_US.vtt [2.3 KB] ||

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    ID: 11992 Produced Video

    Mapping Mars' Upper Atmosphere

    Sept. 2nd, 2015
    (updated May 3rd, 2023)

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    ID: 20201 Animation

    Mars Transition

    Nov. 13th, 2013
    (updated May 3rd, 2023)

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