NASA's first Space 8K video is just awesome

High Definition Video has a new home: the International Space Station. A new video from NASA shows astronauts working on their experiences, recorded in 8K images so clear that they give the impression of floating by their side.

"Microgravity opens new horizons of discovery," reads the video, a joint project of NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). "The science aboard the International Space Station answers questions that hold the keys to our future in space and on Earth."

The rest of the video shows the team at Expedition 56 actively working on experiments on the orbiting complex. ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, NASA's Chancellor Serena Auñón and NASA's Drew Feustel (who has since returned to Earth) feature prominently in the video.

These astronauts look very busy, but they also seem to have a lot of fun. Between their tasks, which are often programmed in 5 minute increments, the astronauts send a quick smile to the camera before focusing again on the task at hand.

The video offers a lot of research. , in part because the agency announces search opportunities in the corresponding video text on YouTube. For example, Auñón-Chancellor occupies plants as part of the Plant Habitat-1 experiment, which "exhaustively compares the differences in genetics, metabolism, photosynthesis and gravity sensing between plants grown in space and on Earth ", according to NASA. [19659002] Gerst is represented surrounded by floating objects as part of the SPHERES Tether Slosh experiment. According to NASA, this investigation "combines fluid dynamics equipment with robotics capabilities embedded in the space station to study automated strategies for handling pbadive cargoes containing fluids [s]".

Feustel, between two commands, increases the ground work (or, because there is no space in the space, is it the ceiling?) To Kibo side (Japanese airlock), an installation capable of shooting small satellites in the space or to put experiments in the vacuum.

The activities of astronauts allow attentive viewers to admire views of the Cupola – an enveloping window ideal for Earth observation – and Canadarm2, which is commonly used to capture robotic spacecraft . There is also a breathtaking view of our planet, including a breathtaking image of a hurricane.

To learn more about participating in space station research, visit the NASA website.

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