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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Hillary K. Grigonis

Yes, Artemis II astronauts are using a decade old DSLR, but the GoPros attached to Orion are even older. These Artemis II images were shot with a 2014 action camera

This image captured from the outside of Orion on the Artemis II spaceflight was captured with a GoPro Hero4 Black.

NASA has enough technology to send humans around the moon – but that doesn’t necessarily mean that Artemis II is outfitted with the latest camera technology. Among the 32 cameras aboard, at least one of them is a GoPro Hero4 Black, which launched in October 2014.

The insight comes from the metadata attached to the photos the Artemis II crew have sent back to Earth, which shows that the photos showing part of the Orion spacecraft were captured on a GoPro Hero4 Black. To put things in perspective, the Hero4 is from back when GoPros needed extra housing to actually be waterproof and topped out at 4K 30fps and 12MP stills.

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