The International Space Station Is Getting A New HD Camera

Tomorrow, two American astronauts will boldly go where several people have gone before. In the early hours of September 1 astronauts Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins will embark on America's 195th spacewalk, venturing outside of the ISS to make some basic repairs, including retracting a part of the station's cooling system, a task that has been on the to-do list of spacewalker's for a while now. The two will also install a new high-definition camera on the outside of the ISS. The camera will add to a growing collection of cameras mounted on the ISS. The ISS HD Earth Viewing experiment broadcasts live views of Earth from the ISS, while ultra-high definition cameras capture stunning views that are eventually edited to make videos like these. More

(Source: Popular Science - Sep 1)