Photos for the Moon

Imagery expert Melanie Cowan wearing protective clothing during a simulated moonwalk at the LUNA facility in Germany.

The garments help prevent dust sticking to her clothes and hair and to avoid inhaling it. Moon dust presents one of the biggest challenges for filming. Melanie Cowan is ESA’s representative in the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS).

The CCSDS Motion Imagery and Applications Working Group addresses the obstacles of receiving high quality images through the limited bandwidth available from the Moon.