The Role of Film and Television Technology in Space Achievements

For the Past Decade, the Society has endeavored to keep its membership abreast of advances in space technology through its Journal and Technical Conferences. The Society has continued to take an active part in the technology of motion-picture film and TV imaging as it has been applied to the new horizons of space. We have participated in considerable technological growth since the first pictures were taken in outer space with a handheld camera. We have solved many of the problems involving the handling of film and television in environments of high noise, shock, heat, etc. We have solved problems of handling film in the alien environment of space, not only those concerned with exposure and processing, but also the development of methods of readout and return of stored information to Earth. We have seen sophistications develop in the various methods of handling recorded information. We have proved that information about other planets and the universe can be put into digitalized forms which can be transmitted great distances and converted back to usable picture. This knowledge, attained by the combined efforts of film and TV technology, has helped make the present flights in space a success.

Print ISSN

0361-4573

Published

1970-01

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/J16702