![Chang-Su Hong and Saulo Soares steady the VMP as it is deployed from the aft deck.](http://schmidtocean.org/wp-content/uploads/7.deployment1-768x432.png)
Check out the first video from one of our Student Opportunities participants, Jennifer Killinger.
She takes a look at how Mixing Up The Tropical Pacific scientists on board Falkor are creating drag for the Vertical Microstructure Profiler (VMP) so it descends at a slower rate.