NASA Preps First 4K Live Stream From Space: Here's How To Watch

In the near future, NASA will broadcast what it says is the first ever 4K live video from space. The broadcast will take place from the International Space Station on April 26, and it'll showcase NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson as part of a larger panel dubbed Reaching for the Stars: Connecting to the Future with NASA and Hollywood. The broadcast will be made available online for anyone to watch.

According to NASA, Whitson will be speaking with AWS Elemental's CEO Sam Blackman during the 2017 National Association of Broadcasters Show. Not surprisingly, then, Amazon Web Services will be hosting the 4K live stream at its website here — check back on April 26 at 1:30PM Eastern time to tune in yourself.

Obviously you'll need to watch with a device (and Internet connection) that is capable of handling a 4K live video stream. If you don't have a device that can do that, though, you can head over to NASA Television to catch a lower-resolution broadcast. You can also find these less-than-UHD broadcasts on the NASA website and NASA Facebook page.

How is NASA pulling off the 4K broadcast? A Japanese cargo spacecraft delivered a RED Epic Dragon Digital Cinema camera to the International Space Station this past December, and it'll be used to record the video. Can't get enough space news? Check out the timeline below for more!

SOURCE: NASA