Researcher Roundtable: Best Practices for 

Camera Use in Flight Test Payloads

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

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Community of Practice Webinar Series – April 3, 2024

Researcher Roundtable: Best Practices for Camera Use in 

Flight Test Payloads

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Researcher Roundtable: Best Practices for 

Camera Use in Flight Test Payloads

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/stmd-flight-opportunities/fo-resources/community-of-practice-webinars/

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Welcome to the Community of Practice Webinar Series!

Flight Opportunities hopes these webinars will enable researchers, 

program staff, and flight providers to connect informally and share 

information

• Designed to distill and share the most important lessons learned to:

• Increase the impact of suborbital flight tests

• Transfer best practices

• Optimize the experience of current and prospective program participants

• Part of a broad effort to capture, organize, and communicate lessons learned 

by suborbital researchers

• An opportunity to hear from subject matter experts on best practices for 

preparing for suborbital flight tests

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Researcher Roundtable: Best Practices for 

Camera Use in Flight Test Payloads

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/stmd-flight-opportunities/fo-resources/community-of-practice-webinars/

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LESSONS LEARNED LIBRARY

An ongoing collection of best practices and suggestions to help researchers optimize 

their flight test outcomes

Designed to support researchers 

as they move through each part of 

the flight testing process:

• Getting involved with the 

program

• Preparing proposals

• Step-by-step suggestions for 

getting ready to fly

• Best practices for payload 

design

• Top tips for each type of flight 

platform

Practical tips are linked to helpful 

clips from the program’s monthly 

Community of Practice webinar.

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Researcher Roundtable: Cameras

Our conversation today will take place in three parts:

• Environmental considerations

• Equipment tips and tricks

• Creative payload design

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Researcher Roundtable: Best Practices for 

Camera Use in Flight Test Payloads

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/stmd-flight-opportunities/fo-resources/community-of-practice-webinars/

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Environmental Considerations

• Considering diverse flight environments and integration with a variety of vehicles

• Tackling unexpected environmental challenges that affect cameras in flight testing

Lightning talks:

• Kevin Crosby, Carthage College

• Josh Baumann, Rhea Space Activity

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Kevin Crosby, Carthage College

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Researcher Roundtable: Best Practices for 

Camera Use in Flight Test Payloads

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/stmd-flight-opportunities/fo-resources/community-of-practice-webinars/

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Kevin Crosby, Carthage College

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Kevin Crosby, Carthage College

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Researcher Roundtable: Best Practices for 

Camera Use in Flight Test Payloads

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/stmd-flight-opportunities/fo-resources/community-of-practice-webinars/

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Equipment Tips and Tricks

• Best practices for selecting cameras

• Optimizing hardware design and efficacy

• Common camera equipment pitfalls

Lightning talks:

• Andrew Horchler, Astrobotic

• Steven Collicott, Purdue University

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Creative Payload Design

• Using cameras in unique ways

• Developing new camera-based technologies

• Custom solutions to make comprehensive observations

Lightning talks:

• Vee Reumers, imec

• Jason Achilles Mezilis, Zandef Deksit

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Researcher Roundtable: Best Practices for 

Camera Use in Flight Test Payloads

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/stmd-flight-opportunities/fo-resources/community-of-practice-webinars/

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Researcher Roundtable: Best Practices for 

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NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/stmd-flight-opportunities/fo-resources/community-of-practice-webinars/

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Researcher Roundtable: Best Practices for 

Camera Use in Flight Test Payloads

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/stmd-flight-opportunities/fo-resources/community-of-practice-webinars/

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Jason Achilles Mezilis, Zandef Deksit

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Researcher Roundtable: Best Practices for 

Camera Use in Flight Test Payloads

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/stmd-flight-opportunities/fo-resources/community-of-practice-webinars/

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Community of Practice

April 2024 | Q&A

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