Mars in 8K
In conjunction with the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JXA) has announced that it plans to photograph the mysterious moon of Mars with a camera that can shoot 8K ultra-high-definition images.
If successful, this could be the first time in history that Mars and its moon have been captured in such detail.
To pull it off, the two organizations are working together to develop a “super high-vision camera” designed to connect to Jax’s Martian Moon Exploration (MMX) spacecraft, which will launch in 2024.
Phobos incompatible
The MMX mission will try to unravel the mysteries surrounding the origin of Lilizandi, two relatively small moons of Mars, Demos and Phobos, by the Japanese government in February. They are very unusual because they orbit the red planet at very close distances. The orbit of Dimos takes it about 3,700 miles from Martin’s surface – about one percent of the distance between Earth and its moon.
Apart from me, the spacecraft will carry 11 scientific instruments to the Martin system. He will try to collect soil samples from the Phobos surface before going home for long journeys.
The My Ultra HD will snap images And to see the world, broadcast it courtesy of JAXA. Untouchable files will be stored locally on a recording device attached to the MMX spacecraft and hopefully it will return to Earth – if everything goes according to plan.
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