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Last NASA Shuttle Flight Gets 3D Treatment

Astronauts Will Use Panasonic AG-3DA1 3D Camcorder To Film Mission In Enhanced Format

George Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable) -- Multichannel News, 7/8/2011 6:31:45 PM

The Space Shuttle Program is getting a 3D sendoff, with NASA putting a Panasonic's AG-3DA1 Full HD 3D camcorder on board the space shuttle Atlantis for the July 8 launch of the program's last shuttle flight.

During the flight, NASA astronauts plan to use the lightweight 3DA1 to document the International Space Station in 3D as well as a number of scientific experiments and activities.

In the run-up to the mission, which is the 135th and last shuttle flight of the Space Shuttle Program, NASA also used Panasonic's AG-3DA1 3D camcorders, BT-3DL2550 25.5" 3D LCD monitors and its Toughbook laptop computers to document the astronauts training and preparation.

Read more at B&C here.

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