The Mars Phoenix lander had enough personality to write a lively twitter feed, and now the Solar Dynamics Observatory seems to be ready for its own Hollywood movie.
To promote the upcoming mission, Chris Smith, made this Pixar-esque video clip in his spare time while working at NASA Goddard Flight Center.
“It’s a really fun little piece,” says Wade Sisler, a television producer for the space agency. “And we’re hoping to use it as a way of waking some kids and folks up to solar science.”
An Atlas 5 rocket is scheduled to carry the satellite to space in mid-October. The observatory will reach a geosynchronous orbit above New Mexico, and gather data that could help scientists understand solar flares and other phenomena that cause extreme weather conditions in space while disrupting radio communications on Earth.
“You’re going to be getting an HD image of the sun every second when that puppy goes up there,” says Sisler.
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