The first 8K movie shot in space has been released, the inside of the International Space Station can be watched with super high image quality

The first 8K movie arrived in the universe from the International Space Station (ISS), which is about 300-400 kilometers from the ground and connected to the experiment buildings around the world, and is now being released by NASA is. You can see valuable laboratory facilities and crews of ISS in super high quality which you can not readily see usually.

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"The science being done on the International Space Station unravels the various mysteries important to our future on the universe and the earth."

Female crews are studying DNA / RNA sequencing in outer space. From 2016 DNA and RNA sequencing is also being carried out in the universe and it seems that it is used not only for genetics research but also for crew health research.

Laboratory freezer for ISS (MELFI) that can store experimental samples at minus 80 degrees

The advanced plant habitat (Advanced Plant Habitat: APH) added to ISS in April 2018 is the largest growth chamber in the laboratory on satellite orbit.

Plants are illuminated with purple light for efficient photosynthesis.

The arm extending in the center of the screen was a robotic arm " Canadarm 2 " with a length of 17 meters owned by the Canadian space station, and said that it was widely involved in the assembly of laboratories.

The eyes of a huge typhoon were taken by the ground observation project " Crew Earth Observation ".

We will shoot and observe volcanic activity on the ground, weather, city growth, agricultural land expansion etc. with a commercially available digital camera compatible with wide angle 24 mm to super telephoto 1200 mm.

The male crew is repairing the light microscopy module (LMM, Light Microscopy Module). It is a state-of-the-art facility capable of studying micro phenomena in a minute gravity environment, capable of taking pictures and images with remote digital images and videos at various magnifications.

As the repaired driver keeps drifting in the air, it continues to turn around.

In Plant Habitat - 1, it is a facility to compare how the effects of genes, metabolism, photosynthesis, and gravity are changed in plants grown in space and plants grown on Earth.

"5", "6" and parts with numbers written slowly ...

The window glass is set in and you can see the crew looking out. The bay window called "Cupola" was set up so that you can see the control of the robot arm.

The view from Cupola looks like this.

This is an experiment project called " Atomization " that aims at improving the spray combustion process of rocket and jet engine by creating low speed water jet and observing the change.

There is an experimental tool for jet injection, what a Japanese experiment module " Kibo ". If you look closely, you can see the Jaxa logo and the Hinomaru in the background.

The state of the Guadilla peninsula of Colombia seen from ISS.

An experimental apparatus called " BCAT-CS ". I study the sediments of quartz and clay and are studying the forces acting between particles.

In order to check the health of the crew, we regularly analyze blood and saliva samples and check the immune system of the crew on board during flight.

Life Support Rack (LSR) is a device that circulates air in a closed space and transforms it into fresh air. A smartphone is fixed on the left arm of the crew who is manipulating it.

The figure that a photographer who does not fix the foot is trying to control posture while floating.

It is Air Rock of "Kibo" that the crew wearing a blue shirt maintains. "Kibo" has an outboard experiment platform, so it is also used to prepare small satellites.

Below the image on the left is "SPHERE" for the experimental robot, it carries the liquid in the green tank.

In the project called " SPHERES Tether Slosh ", we are investigating an automation strategy to transport cargo including liquid by combining fluid dynamics equipment and robot mounted in ISS.