Over the past 50 odd years we sent robotic probes to explore our solar system and they have sent back amazing close up images of the planets, asteroids and comets but how did they take these images and what sorts of issues are there in taking photos in deep space …
You Won’t Believe How the First Spy Satellites Worked
When you think of surveillance satellites you think of systems beaming back hi res images of almost anywhere on the earth to secret government intelligence agencies but now that same technology is available to all of us with things like google earth. However, when the very first surveillance satellites were …
How NASA Filmed Apollo, the Shuttle and Other Launches
These are some of the iconic pieces of launch footage from the space race and the shuttle program, shots taken that would impossible for any human to see up close and personal and many of these were done long before we had miniature high definition cameras and high-speed data …
Ultra High Speed Cameras – How do you film a tank shell in flight or a Nuclear bomb test?
In my last video I looked railguns, now whilst I was reviewing the footage I started wondering how they filmed the projectiles in flight. These were not a typical high-speed cameras shots like a bullet hitting a target, for example, these track the projectile from the barrel and down the …
Hubble Trouble – How did the Space Telescope Mirror End Up Flawed ?
In April of 1990 the American Shuttle Discovery launched up from the Earth, into a higher orbit than ever before, to deploy a special payload: the Hubble Space Telescope. Above even the thinnest part of the atmosphere, Hubble would be able to see far-off stars and galaxies without distortion and …
The TV camera’s Apollo left on the Moon
This is the Apollo 17 Lunar Module, and the moment when Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt, the last men to stand on the Moon’s surface left to return to earth… but if no one else is there, who’s operating the camera as it pans up and follows the ascent module? …
Why can’t we see the Apollo lunar landers from Earth ?
When you look up at a full moon, just remember that somewhere on the lunar face, the remains of Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 along with 8 unmanned Russian Luna missions and 5 pre-Apollo unmanned American surveyor missions are all still there….. silently looking back….. unless of …
5 Most Amazing Cameras in the World
Digital cameras are getting more powerful and smaller each year, with mega pixels counts and other features increasing at a breath taking rate but step away from the consumer devices and there are some truly amazing cameras being used. In this video we’ll look at some of the most amazing …