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NASA to Produce Live 4K Video Stream From ISS for NAB Super Session on April 26

NASA will produce a live 4K video stream from the International Space Station (ISS) during the “Reaching for the Stars: Connecting to the Future with NASA and Hollywood” super session at NAB on April 26, it said in a Tuesday…

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announcement. The panel, co-produced by NAB Show, NASA and Amazon Web Services, will look at the roles advanced imaging and cloud technologies play in scientific research and filmmaking, NASA said. The live feed from 250 miles above Earth will be encoded using AWS Elemental software on ISS and at Johnson Space Center in Houston. AWS Elemental will deliver the live stream of the event via an AWS workflow that includes AWS CloudWatch, Amazon Route 53, and the Amazon CloudFront content delivery network for public access in 4K and HD. Roberts Communications Network, Las Vegas, will provide the satellite downlink truck for the transmission from Johnson Space Center to the Las Vegas Convention Center, and Christie is providing 4K projectors for in-room display during the session, NASA said The 10:30 a.m. PDT event will be available to the public for multiscreen viewing in live 4K and down-converted high definition (HD) video at https://live.awsevents.com/nasa4k, NASA said.