{"id":12732,"date":"2016-11-20t18:00:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-20t18:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/innovation-on-the-launch-pad-how-media-capture-a-nasa-rocket-launch\/"},"modified":"2016-11-20t18:00:45","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20t18:00:45","slug":"innovation-on-the-launch-pad-how-media-capture-a-nasa-rocket-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/innovation-on-the-launch-pad-how-media-capture-a-nasa-rocket-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"innovation on the launch pad: how media capture a nasa rocket launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>by kelly calagna<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>kennedy space center \u2013 duct tape, bubble wrap, aluminum foil, plastic bags, ground stakes, bungee cords, squares of plywood and plastic storage containers. these are just some of the sophisticated tools adapted by journalists and photographers as they set up their remotely activated cameras at the nov. 19 goes-r weather satellite launch site at the kennedy space center.<\/p>\n<p>there is no \u201cstandard equipment\u201d when it comes to protecting a camera from the intense exhaust of a space rocket, so each individual must macgyver his or her own unique contraption for the job \u2014 that\u2019s where the storage containers come in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cyou get anything out here from a plastic bag to a homemade box. you can\u2019t go down and buy a box. you make it,\u201d said julian leek, a freelance photographer who has been shooting nasa launches since apollo 7 in 1968.<\/p>\n<p>these launch camera contraptions are the products of a unique need met by individual ingenuity. each is a work of art, and like snowflakes, no two are the same. those that&nbsp;survived and successfully triggered during saturday\u2019s launch captured stunning images of the most advanced weather satellite\u2019s last moments on earth.<\/p>\n<p>most launch camera setups involve a box of sorts made of plastic or aluminum that house a camera and a remote device, which activates the shutter by either sound or a timer.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/innovation-on-the-launch-pad-how-media-capture-a-nasa-rocket-launch\/img_4820-low-res\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"400\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/img_4820-low-res.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption>to prevent cameras from blowing away in the blast, they are either staked into the ground, or taped or cable tied to fixed objects; such as these attached to a metal figure near the pad. (kelly calagna\/medill)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>the box is then placed atop a tripod that is either staked into the ground or otherwise attached to surrounding anchors, like nearby rail ties or stationary structures close to the launch pad. the goal is for their cameras to survive the rocket\u2019s blast without damage from debris or being blown over.<\/p>\n<p>in addition to the danger from the rocket, the cameras are also at risk of damage due to any form of precipitation. from the morning dew to florida\u2019s humid climate, the journalists and photographers have developed ways to keep moisture out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201ci\u2019ve had lenses that got waterlogged because of rain \u2014 two of them,\u201d said ken kremer from&nbsp;<em>universe today<\/em>. to prevent this, many wrap their devices in plastic bags or tape their camera containers to be airtight.<\/p>\n<p>leek even developed his own lens heaters to dry up any condensation in his lenses. \u201cit\u2019s a ring that goes around. it\u2019s got velcro on it, it\u2019s got tape on it, it\u2019s got cables on it, it\u2019s got a timer on it, it\u2019s got another battery on it. and you set that timer two hours before the launch and the heater comes on and it heats that lens up \u2026 and goes ahead and dries it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>after the rocket is well on its way, the journalists and photographers return to the barren launch pad to collect their machinery&nbsp; or \u2014 in some cases, what\u2019s left of it \u2014 and anxiously check to see how their contraptions preformed in capturing the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cno matter what launch you do, you look at it as an experiment because you never know what\u2019s going to happen. things just happen,\u201d said lane hermann, author and freelance space journalist.&nbsp;\u201cyou get what you get, and if you don\u2019t get it, you don\u2019t get it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>the launch occurred at 6:42 p.m. est and within a few hours nasa\u2019s pam sullivan, the goes-r mission director, confirmed the craft had successfully deployed its solar arrays. however, it will take goes-r,&nbsp;now called goes-16 after deployment, nine days to phase into its planned orbital route and about five months before it is fully operational.<\/p>\n<p>the goes-r launch activities can be viewed on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/multimedia\/nasatv\/index.html#public\">nasa television<\/a>,&nbsp;and further updates and information can be accessed at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goes-r.gov\/\">goes-r.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>there is no \u201cstandard equipment\u201d when it comes to protecting a camera from the intense exhaust of a space rocket, so each individual journalist or photographer must macgyver his or her own unique contraption for the job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9417,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4902,4915],"tags":[3585,275,3568,3586,277],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-12732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colleges-education","category-how-to-guides","tag-goes-r","tag-nasa","tag-photography","tag-rocket-launch","tag-space"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- this site is optimized with the yoast seo plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>innovation on the launch pad: how media capture a nasa rocket launch - planet forward<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/planetforward1.wpengine.com\/story\/innovation-on-the-launch-pad-how-media-capture-a-nasa-rocket-launch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_us\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"innovation on the launch pad: how media capture a nasa rocket launch - planet forward\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"there is no \u201cstandard equipment\u201d when it comes to protecting a camera from the intense exhaust of a space rocket, so each individual journalist or photographer must macgyver his or her own unique contraption for the job.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/planetforward1.wpengine.com\/story\/innovation-on-the-launch-pad-how-media-capture-a-nasa-rocket-launch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"planet forward\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/planetforward.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-11-20t18:00:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"medill news service\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@planet_forward\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@planet_forward\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"medill news service\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/planetforward1.wpengine.com\/story\/innovation-on-the-launch-pad-how-media-capture-a-nasa-rocket-launch\/#article\",\"ispartof\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/planetforward1.wpengine.com\/story\/innovation-on-the-launch-pad-how-media-capture-a-nasa-rocket-launch\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"medill news service\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9870afaf5af3533aa2269c37b200e503\"},\"headline\":\"innovation on the launch pad: how media capture a nasa rocket launch\",\"datepublished\":\"2016-11-20t18:00:45+00:00\",\"datemodified\":\"2016-11-20t18:00:45+00:00\",\"mainentityofpage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/planetforward1.wpengine.com\/story\/innovation-on-the-launch-pad-how-media-capture-a-nasa-rocket-launch\/\"},\"wordcount\":670,\"commentcount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"goes-r\",\"nasa\",\"photography\",\"rocket launch\",\"space\"],\"articlesection\":[\"colleges &amp; 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