Overview
The Nikon D850 was flown by NASA astronauts across 12 identified missions, in NASA service 2017–2026, contributing 874 identifiable frames to the public astronaut photography archive. Traced by manufacturer serial number, at least 4 physical bodies have been identified in the public archive. The Nikon D850 is a 45.7 MP back-illuminated full-frame CMOS released by Nikon in September 2017.
Body S/N 6033697 is the most heavily documented in the archive, contributing 755 identifiable frames across 9 missions including ISS060, ISS064, ISS065. The other 3 identified bodies appear in more targeted mission windows, detailed below.
The Nikon D850 bodies were used with a range of lenses in orbit — the most-used include the 800.0 mm f/5.6, 600.0 mm f/4.0, and 24.0-120.0 mm f/4.0. The full lens roster appears in the sidebar.
Exemplar photographs
Additional representative frames captured by the Nikon D850 bodies in orbit. Full resolution is available at the linked NASA archives.
View of the moon from the ISS
Astronaut Victor Glover spacewalk during Expedition 064
Astronaut Mike Hopkins (red stripe) spacewalk during Expedition 064
Palm Jumeirah in the UAE photographed from the ISS
Astronaut Frank Rubio inside the cupola
Astronaut Koichi Wakata inside the cupola
Astronauts Stephen Bowen and Sultan Alneyadi exit the Quest Airlock
The Nauka science module airlock photographed from ISS
The Expediton 073 seven member crew
The ISS Progress 81 resupply ship undocks
Commercial availability
Nikon D850 on the used market
The bodies documented in this registry are the specific units NASA sent to orbit. The commercial market carries the same Nikon D850 model at accessible prices for collectors, photographers, and researchers. Listings shown are the same model, not the specific bodies flown.
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Bodies identified
Each identifiable body of the Nikon D850 that appears in NASA's public astronaut photography archive, sorted by frame count.