The NASA print on top of shows a Nikon D2X mutated for use in orbit. Further, it shows an SB800 speedlight comfily ensconced inside its own lovable small space suit. While a pro-level DSLR requires nothing more than a firmware tweak and a "lubricant modification" to work in the extremes of space, the spark needs a small more coddling.
The white casing is a "thermal blanket" that protects the section from impassioned temperatures, and keeps the "touch temperature" between reduction 129 and in addition to 120 degrees Celsius.
But underneath that casing is a pressure suit. NASA says that the spark won't work accurately in a vacuum, so it gets wrapped in a pressurized coupler to make it feel similar to it's back on Earth. A mutated SB29 sync connective tissue connects the camera and spark together.
So what becomes of the cameras after a successful mission? Unlike the Apollo missions' Hasselblads, that were left up on the moon (imagine what a of the would go for at auction if it was ever rescued), the Nikons lapse to Earth. Then, they are legalised to see if they are fit to go up again. The greatest complaint is the outcome of vast deviation on the sensors, that can snuff out pixels. Enough deceased pixels in a camera and it is grounded forever.
How Does NASA Get a Nikon D2Xs DSLR Ready to Go to Space? [Popular Photography]
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