Camcorders for Science

USA Today featured a new article on the Atlantis shuttle, which is currently docked at the International Space station. It got me wondering what sort of camcorders they use up in space.

NASA’s website doesn’t post very many details of the tools and technology they use over time, but I did find their initial HDTV camcorder plans from 2001. I also read that various space experiments are monitored with miniDV camcorders that are quite similar to ones used by consumers. And just last year NASA asked the public to submit videos of the Aurigid meteor shower

I never thought to look at camcorders from a scientific perspective before, and usually focus on the entertainment side. But now it makes total sense that NASA uses camcorders everyday in their work. The development of camcorder technology doesn’t just make better movies, but also helps scientist record events and experiments more accurately.

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