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Lauren Aguirre, Executive Editor
Kristine Allington, Project Coordinator
Jon Alper, Encoding
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Kit Buckley, Video Scripting
Darcy Forlenza, Editorial Assistant
Rick Groleau, Managing Editor
Jay Harlow, Illustrator
James Heuser, Web Intern
Tyler Howe, Senior Designer
Brenden Kootsey, Senior Web Developer
Lexi Krock, Associate Editor
Alan Kwan, Developer
David Levin, Assistant Editor
Susan K. Lewis, Editor
Jacqueline Mitchell, Editorial Assistant
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Special Thanks
Juan R. Cruz, NASA Langley Research Center
Anna Davis, MDTV Productions
Image Credits
Mars homepage
Image Composite: (Mars) © NASA/JPL (martian soil) © NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University
Life's Little Essential
Images: (waterfall, iceberg) © Peter Tyson; (Titan) © NASA, Voyager 2
Ask the Expert
Image: (Leslie Tamppari) Courtesy Leslie Tamppari
"Live" From Mars
Twitter badges courtesy Twitter.com
Behind the Scenes
Images: (Mark Davis et al) Courtesy of Mark Davis/MDTV Productions; (rover lab, parachute, rover, launchpad, mission control) © WGBH/NOVA/MDTV Productions
Man on a Mission
Images: (Squyres) © Diane Bollen; Illustrations: © Cornell University/NASA/JPL and Dan Maas; (all other photos) © NASA/JPL
Mars From Afar
Images: (the planet, terrain) © NASA/JPL; (canyon) © NASA/NSSDC, Viking Orbiter; (volcano) © NASA/NSSDC, Viking 1 (sand dunes, crater, ice cap, faulting, layered rocks, gullies, clouds, mesas, landslide, plains, dust storms) © NASA/JPL/MSSS; (frozen water) Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University; (Mars globe) © NASA/USGS
Mars Up Close
Images: (all) © NASA/JPL/Cornell
Anatomy of a Rover
Images: (illustrations) © Cornell University/NASA/JPL and Dan Maas
Design a Parachute
Images: (illustrations) © WGBH/NOVA
From Launch to Landing
Video: © 2002 Cornell University. Animation by Dan Maas. All rights reserved. This work was performed for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, sponsored by the U.S. government under Prime Contract # NAS7-1407 between the California Institute of Technology and NASA. Copyright and other rights in the design drawings of the Mars Exploration Rover are held by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)/ Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Use of the MER design has been provided to Cornell courtesy of NASA, JPL, and Caltech.
TV Program Description
Images: (Is There Life on Mars?) © NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University; (Welcome to Mars) © NASA/JPL; (MARS Dead or Alive) © Cornell University/NASA/JPL and Dan Maas
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Written, Produced and Directed by
Mark Davis
Edited by
Nathan Hendrie
Associate Producer
Anna Davis
Music
Tom Phillips
Narrated by
Neil Ross
Rover and Spacecraft Animation
Maas Digital, LLC
Dan Maas
John Niehaus
Justin Wick
Mars Animation and Graphics
Anna Davis, MDTV Productions
Early Mars Flyover Visualizations
Kees Veenenbos
Camera
Rick Robertson
John Beck
Brian Dowley
Scott Hulme
Jim Mattingly
Sound Recordists
Alan Barker
Douglas Donald
Brian Buckley
John Cameron
Location Video Engineers
John Monsour
Mike Pemberton
Mars Images and Additional Mission Footage
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
NASA
Online Editor and Colorist
Mark Steele
Audio Mix
John Jenkins
Special Thanks
Stephen Kulczycki
Jeffrey Jenkins
Guy Webster
Veronica McGregor
Dave Lyle
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NOVA Series Graphics
National Ministry of Design
NOVA Theme
Mason Daring
Martin Brody
Michael Whalen
Post Production Online Editor
Spencer Gentry
Closed Captioning
The Caption Center
Publicity
Jonathan Renes
Diane Buxton
Olivia Wong
Senior Researcher
Barbara Moran
Production Coordinators
Linda Callahan
Dara Bourne
Unit Manager
Lola Norman-Salako
Legal Counsel
Susan Rosen Shishko
Post Production Assistant
Patrick Carey
Associate Producer, Post Production
Nathan Gunner
Post Production Supervisor
Regina O'Toole
Post Production Editor
Rebecca Nieto
Post Production Manager
Maureen Barden Lynch
Supervising Producer
Stephen Sweigart
Producer, Special Projects
Susanne Simpson
Coordinating Producer
Laurie Cahalane
Senior Science Editor
Evan Hadingham
Senior Series Producer
Melanie Wallace
Managing Director
Alan Ritsko
Senior Executive Producer
Paula S. Apsell
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