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NASA, ESA Release First 8K Video From Space (engadget.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the eye-candy dept.

NASA and the European Space Agency have released the first 8K ultra high definition video filmed in space. It was shot with a RED Helium 8K camera and provides a glimpse of what the astronauts are working on aboard the International Space Station. Engadget reports: The camera was delivered to the ISS in April by a SpaceX cargo resupply mission, and the new video shows astronauts living aboard the ISS as they work and conduct experiments. Some of the experiments included in the video are the BEST investigation, which uses DNA sequencing to identify microbes in the space station; an experiment that compares plants grown in space to those grown on Earth; and the BCAT-CS study, which investigates the dynamic forces that exist between sediment particles. "We're excited to embrace new technology that improves our ability to engage our audiences in space station research," David Brady, assistant program scientist for the ISS Program Science Office at Johnson, said in a statement. "Each improvement in imagery fidelity brings that person on Earth closer to the in-space experience, allowing them to see what human spaceflight is doing to improve their life, as well as enable humanity to explore the universe."

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  1. Is cool, but.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    But fuck 8K if you're gonna YouTube it and spoil all that pixel-y goodness with:

    1) Very lossy compression
    2) Low framerate

  2. Can't view engadget w/o being logged in? by ReneR · · Score: 1

    Never noticed until today, engadget does not want to deliver me the news page without login, huh? (in Europe right now) :-/

    1. Re:Can't view engadget w/o being logged in? by ReneR · · Score: 3, Informative

      primary source: http://blogs.esa.int/alexander...

  3. First 8K video from space by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    NRO would like to have a word with you.

  4. Re:Is it real 8K? by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 1

    The resolution is 8192 x 4320. Stop behaving like a jackoff about it.

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  5. Re:Is it real 8K? by Kjella · · Score: 1

    They're cinema cameras so 17:9, 8192x4320 resolution.

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  6. Random things sticking out of the wall? by Greger47 · · Score: 1

    Damn, that place is cluttered.

    It's like they only built the Jefferies tube and forgot the rest of the starship!

    /greger

    1. Re:Random things sticking out of the wall? by skoskav · · Score: 1

      Once we figure out artificial gravity I'm sure we will prioritize high ceilings and carpeted floors, just like starships were meant to be designed.

  7. Good! by Artem+S.+Tashkinov · · Score: 2

    All ten people in the world who own such screens will surely enjoy the video.

  8. Defective pixels due to radiation damage by skoskav · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Many of the interior shots seem to show an accumulating amount of defective pixels, up to a few dozen; mainly permanent white ones. I'm thinking that the camera's CCDs aren't designed to stand up to the relatively high amount of high-energy radiation in low-earth orbit.

  9. What it looks like in 8K by wattersa · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I have a 8K monitor...here is what the original video looks like at native resolution. Wow! BTW, it only plays properly with GPU acceleration enabled in ffplay (with Nvidia GPU: ffplay -vcodec hevc_cuvid First-8K-Video-from-Space~orig.mp4). Otherwise, it's unwatchable. Here are some screenshots: http://www.andrewwatters.com/r...
    There are a lot of stuck pixels in the camera they are using.

  10. sentient particles??? by Nivag064 · · Score: 1

    I initially misread
    "the BCAT-CS study, which investigates the dynamic forces that exist between sediment particles"
    as
    "the BCAT-CS study, which investigates the dynamic forces that exist between sentient particles"
    but I corrected myself within a few hundred milliseconds...