The Digital Cameras NASA Sent Into Space In The 90s

Kodak Hawkeye II Tethered Imaging Accessory Credit: James McGarvey In December 1975, a Kodak lab engineer created the first fully digital camera--and snapped a 100-by-100-pixel image to a cassette tape in 23 seconds. Fast forward a couple decades and the CCD--charge-coupled device--started to emerge as the go-to technology for digital imaging. The image sensor converts light into electrical charges, thus replacing film inside traditional cameras. To catch on the trend, folks at NASA started send...