Welcome to the Planets





Animation sequences and music for JPL's new multimedia presentation "Welcome to Outer Space". Narrated by Jodie Foster, this presentation will be shown daily in Von Karman auditorium at JPL. It will be shown on 3 large screens lined up next to one another for a very cool effect. Animation sequences we are developing for the show include:

--Deployment of a Nano Rover onto the surface of an asteroid or planet
--Flyby through the asteroid belt
--Sequence highlighting the Pluto-Kuiper Express mission
--Visualization of the Stardust mission
--Visualization of the Solar System as a whole
--Sequence showing the Terrestrial Planet Finder
--MGS aerobraking sequence
--Opening and closing titles

The show will make its debut sometime in October.

Here are the beginnings of an extreme close-up of a comet...



Here's a sequence showing the earth building up over time....