Filming from the Shuttle Spacecraft

Keith Maas

Photographic materials have been aboard every U.S. manned space mission since the first suborbital flight in May, 1961. Much of the responsibility for the cameras, film selection, and film processing for these flights has rested with NASA. With the arrival of the operational shuttle program, making cargo space available to a wide variety of users, a new level of interest is being shown in filming from space. This article traces some of the recent history of manned orbital photography and describes practical constraints that should be considered by anyone wishing to film from space.

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Published
1983-10
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Original Research
DOI
10.5594/J04135