Category: NASA

The Falcon has Landed – Working with film from the Apollo 15 Moon mossion

Jon C. Haverstick

I recently had the amazing opportunity to work with some very interesting historical media. A retired NASA engineer friend contacted me having found a box of photographic films in his desk drawer. Turns out the box contained two partial rolls and several cut slides of 70mm film from the 1971 Apollo 15 mission! What a […]

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This amazing timelapse view of the Earth is out of this world

John Aldred

It’s difficult to compete with timelapses like this. NASA gets a viewpoint from which the vast majority of the world will never be able to shoot. While we may not be able to shoot it ourselves, though, thankfully NASA do make much of their content available for free. For us to use, for our own […]

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NASA makes their entire media library publicly accessible and copyright free

Dunja Djudjic

No matter if you enjoy taking or just watching images of space, NASA has a treat for you. They have made their entire collection of images, sounds, and video available and publicly searchable online. It’s 140,000 photos and other resources available for you to see, or even download and use it any way you like. […]

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NASA’s $1bn Juno probe just sent back the most amazing images of Jupiter so far

John Aldred

When we hear about “probes” flying around space, we probably think of something fairly small. We’ve all heard them on sci-fi TV shows. “Sent out a probe”, and off flies a little drone-like object. Well, not NASA’s Juno probe. This thing is as big as a basketball court. Launched in 2011, the probe took five years […]

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NASA’s new satellite offers stunningly high resolution images of earth

John Aldred

The GEOS-16 satellite lifted off in November last year. The satellite contains an Advanced Baseline Imager, which boasts images of earth at four times the resolution of any other satellite. Scientists, meteorologists and regular weather & science enthusiasts around the world have been itching to see those first images. Well, now they’re in and they […]

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NASA simulates DJI Phantom airflow to improve quadcopter design

John Aldred

NASA has used computer models to simulate airflow for decades. It lets them test to see how aircraft will react to drag, friction and countless other forces. All important factors when it comes to designing the next generation of vehicles. At NASA’S Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, the technique was recently used to check […]

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NASA launched official GIPHY and Pinterest pages full of useful and fun material

Dunja Djudjic

For all the space-loving guys out there, NASA has brought the Universe closer to us than ever. They wanted to provide the public with the fun, yet educational materials that will help us explore both the universe and our home planet. So, they launched the official GIPHY and Pinterest pages to bring the universe closer […]

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NASA’s new high dynamic camera can correctly expose for rocket combustion

Udi Tirosh

If you’ve ever seen a rocket engine in action, you probably noticed the bright flame that emerges from the back of it. In fact, that bright fire was probably just an overexposed blob. Nasa’s new High Dynamic Camera system – the HiDyRS-X uses HDR techniques to show that wonderful flame in all its glory. It does […]

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Here is a look at the f/0.7 lenses that Stanley Kubrick used

Udi Tirosh

Have you ever seen an f/0.7 lens? Stanley Kubrick used one regularly. If you are lucky enough to be in San Francisco right now, you can pay a visit to the Stanley Kubrick Exhibition (it’s curently playing at the contemporary jewish museum). If not, former Mythbuster Adam Savage takes you on a filmed tour. There is some interesting trivia […]

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Enormous and rare Canon mount 1000mm NASA lens goes up for sale

John Aldred

When it comes to photography, there are many out there who believe that size matters. For photography collector Jim Headley, it definitely seems true. Built to record space launches from a safe distance, this monster of a lens is a NASA-made Birns and Sawyer 1000mm f/4.5. It’s 25cm in diameter (10″), 1.3m long (4’6″) and […]

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