{"id":18996,"date":"2017-04-11T23:23:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T15:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/amazon-web-services-plays-role-in-nasas-first-ultra-hd-live-video-from-space\/"},"modified":"2017-04-11T23:23:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T15:23:30","slug":"amazon-web-services-plays-role-in-nasas-first-ultra-hd-live-video-from-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/amazon-web-services-plays-role-in-nasas-first-ultra-hd-live-video-from-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Web Services plays role in NASA\u2019s first ultra-HD live video from space"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_324375\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-324375\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-324375\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/170411-whitson-630x419.jpg\" alt=\"Peggy Whitson on ISS\" width=\"630\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/170411-whitson-630x419.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/170411-whitson-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/170411-whitson-1240x825.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/170411-whitson.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-324375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The International Space Station\u2019s commander, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, will chat with AWS Elemental\u2019s CEO during the first space-to-Earth live stream to make use of ultra-high-definition video. (NASA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson stars in the highest-resolution video ever broadcast live from the International Space Station, bur Amazon Web Services will play a supporting role.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;4K ultra-high-definition live stream, set to start at 10:30 a.m. PT (1:30 p.m. ET) on April 26, makes use of a UHD-capable video encoder from AWS Elemental that was sent up to the space station just last December aboard a Japanese cargo craft.<\/p>\n<p>The video link&nbsp;also takes advantage of a UHD-ready RED Epic Dragon digital camera aboard the station. NASA has sent down 4K UHD footage before, but not as a live stream.<\/p>\n<p>Whitson\u2019s big video moment will come during the 2017 National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas, and she\u2019ll be chatting with Sam Blackman, CEO and co-founder of AWS Elemental.<\/p>\n<p>Blackman\u2019s conversation with Whitson, the world\u2019s most experienced woman astronaut, takes place in the midst of&nbsp;an NAB panel called \u201cReaching for the Stars: Connecting to the Future With NASA and Hollywood.\u201d NASA says the panel will explore how advanced imaging and cloud technologies are taking scientific research and filmmaking to the next level.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Earth: 4K Extended Edition\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7fYKMCCPh28?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>AWS Elemental\u2019s vice president of engineering, Khawaja Shams, is one of the panelists. He\u2019ll be joined by NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson; Rodney Grubbs, program manager for NASA Imagery Experts; Bau Entertainment\u2019s Bernadette McDaid; and Dave McQueeney, senior principal investigator for the IBM Watson Group. The Hollywood Reporter\u2019s technology editor, Carolyn Giardina, is moderator.<\/p>\n<p>To get the full effect of ultra-high-definition video, you\u2019ll need a device capable of delivering 4K UHD content (3840 x 2160 pixels). But lower-resolution streams will be available via NASA Television and NASA\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Correction:<\/strong> An earlier&nbsp;version of this report provided&nbsp;an incorrect date for the scheduled broadcast. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Cloud technology will be front and center at the first-ever GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit, set for June 7 at Bellevue\u2019s Meydenbauer Center. Early-bird tickets are available through May 12.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Space Station\u2019s commander, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, will chat with AWS Elemental\u2019s CEO during the first space-to-Earth live stream to make use of ultra-high-definition video. (NASA Photo) NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson stars in the highest-resolution video ever broadcast live from the International Space Station, bur Amazon Web Services will play a supporting role. 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