Meanwhile, At the Bottom of the Ocean
The Ben Franklin mission has been forgotten by time, overshadowed by the concurrent Apollo 11 mission. However, the scientific findings obtained by the six aquanauts has provided a foundation for understanding the Gulf Stream and ocean currents.
This webshort was produced as an educational tie-in with the Science On a Sphere feature LOOP.
A short video that looks at the history of the Ben Franklin mission and its scientific legacy in ocean and climate science.
For complete transcript, click here.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animators
- Chris Meaney (HTSI)
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA)
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Video editor
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA)
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Narrator
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA)
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Producer
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA)
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Scientist
- Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC)
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Project support
- Theresa Schwerin (Institute for Global Environmental Strategies)
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Writers
- Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC)
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA)
Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, October 12, 2011.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:53 PM EDT.
Series
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Meanwhile, At the Bottom of the Ocean
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 4:00AM