US 12,649,589 B2 · Space vehicle imaging studio

Abstract

Systems and methods for high performance, professional-grade photography and filmmaking in a spacecraft during space flights are provided. The systems may include an imaging studio, which is a partially enclosed volume within a spacecraft. The imaging studio may enable photography during microgravity coast phases of space flight while allowing astronauts to tend to non-photographic activities. The imaging studio may allow for commercially-valuable imagery that includes a background of an illuminated, curved Earth horizon. Imagery may also involve, among other things, a unique microgravity environment. Such imagery, without use of an imaging studio as described herein, may otherwise require artificial visual effects that may appear less realistic. Additionally, the novelty of capturing images during an actual space flight may itself be valuable.

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Dependent claims

An imaging studio inside a space vehicle, the imaging studio comprising:

a window to provide a view of outside the space vehicle from inside the imaging studio;
fasteners to attach photographic equipment to portions of the imaging studio;
a ballast slidably mounted on a rail, wherein a location of the ballast on the rail is based on flight dynamics of the space vehicle or operations of the photographic equipment;
and
opaque screens to block light to and from the imaging studio, wherein the opaque screens extend substantially from a ceiling of the imaging studio to a floor of the imaging studio, and wherein the opaque screens partition the imaging studio from other portions of the inside of the space vehicle.

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