NASA’s new High Dynamic Range Camera Records Rocket Test

This is footage of Orbital ATK’s QM-2 solid rocket booster test taken by NASA’s High Dynamic Range Stereo X (HiDyRS-X) camera. HiDyRS-X records high-speed, high dynamic range footage in multiple exposures simultaneously for use in analyzing rocket engine tests. Traditional high-speed video cameras are limited to shooting one exposure at a time, but HiDyRS-X can record multiple high-speed video exposures at once, combining them into a high dynamic range video that adequately exposes all areas of the video image for comprehensive analysis.