The High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS) was activated April 30, 2014. It is mounted on the External Payload Facility of the European Space Agency’s Columbus module. This experiment includes several commercial HD video cameras aimed at the earth which are enclosed in a pressurized and temperature controlled housing.
Video from these cameras is transmitted back to earth and also streamed live on this channel.
While the experiment is operational, views will typically sequence though the different cameras. Between camera switches, a gray and then black color slate will briefly appear.
Since the ISS is in darkness during part of each orbit, the images will be dark at those times. During periods of loss of signal with the ground or when HDEV is not operating, a gray color slate or previously recorded video may be seen.
Analysis of this experiment will be conducted to assess the effects of the space environment on the equipment and video quality which may help decisions about cameras for future missions. High school students helped with the design of some of the HDEV components through the High Schools United with NASA to Create Hardware (HUNCH) program. Student teams will also help operate the experiment. For a display of the real time ISS location plus the HDEV imagery, visit here: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/HDEV/ To learn more about the HDEV experiment, visit here: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/917.html
Livestream link:
[ustreamlive 17074538 w=480 h=302]
Direct link here:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/iss-hdev-payload
Old Data, Tim Walker:
Guys, just think how many votes that money could buy for the Democrats if these projects were defunded.
Back in the late 1980’s there was a tug of war over whether to fund a new supercollider in the US or to build the “space station”. The space station won, but the CERN supercollider was built in Europe. Does that now look like the best choice?
I’ll wave to you all when it passes by.
I’ve seen only a grey field. ;-(
Andres Valencia says:
May 3, 2014 at 8:12 am
I’ve seen only a grey field. ;-(
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Same here. I think this might be the reason:
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ren says:
May 3, 2014 at 4:50 am
Current high levels of ionizing radiation in the lower stratosphere.
http://oi60.tinypic.com/5ufktd.jpg
Maybe the ionizing radiation is man made and was put there to block our view of the lost Malaysian plane? Sorry, couldn’t help it.
… or it could just be night time over the southern Indian ocean…
Garacka says:
May 3, 2014 at 8:41 am
… or it could just be night time over the southern Indian ocean…
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That’s a possibility, only true “right now”. Many have noticed that there has been no visible feed for quite some time, in daylight, or darkness.
Well, it’s over South Dakota right now. Still grey image.
Well, it seems the proper stream is http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream – when loss of signal, it shows blue as it does this moment, although it was working a few minutes.
The grey screen has something to with payload, according to its name.
Hopefully they will be able to get it up and running again. In the meantime, here is how to set up a monitor using color bars.
Tim Walker says: May 2, 2014 at 6:52 pm
I want people to be busy exploring and living on planets far from this one when global disaster really does strike Earth.
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So do I, but colonizing is more likely to happen as a private effort than as a government program. Say what you will about NASA’s effectiveness, they don’t even have a mandate for colonization.
Well, the video quality wasn’t that bad 45 years ago during the Apollo mission. Haven’t we made progress since then? The stream was able to get through the Van Allen radiation belt for broadcast on the networks 24/7. Why should a little ionizing radiation in the lower stratosphere make any difference?