JAXA and NHK team up to send 8K camera into space for Mars exploration

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) have teamed up to develop a 'Super Hi-Vision Camera' that can record 4K and 8K images. The camera will be sent into space for JAXA's Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission. This will mark the first time that 8K ultra high definition images of Mars and its moons are captured by a proximate camera. The MMX spacecraft will explore the Martian system, which is around 300 million kilometers from earth. JAXA is cur...