The Nikon D2Xs in orbit

Overview

The Nikon D2Xs was flown by NASA astronauts across 41 identified missions from 2008–2016, contributing 13,752 identifiable frames to the public astronaut photography archive. Traced by manufacturer serial number, at least 41 physical bodies have been identified in the public archive. The Nikon D2Xs was released by Nikon in June 2006.

Body S/N 6027233 (NASA SN 1107) is the most heavily documented in the archive, contributing 3,145 identifiable frames across 3 missions including ISS017, ISS018, ISS020. The other 40 identified bodies appear in more targeted mission windows, detailed below.

The Nikon D2Xs bodies were used with a range of lenses in orbit — the most-used include the 400.0 mm f/2.8, 17.0-35.0 mm f/2.8, and 28.0-70.0 mm f/2.8. The full lens roster appears in the sidebar.

Bodies identified

Each identifiable body of the Nikon D2Xs that appears in NASA's public astronaut photography archive, sorted by frame count.

• 6027233NASA SN 1107
  3,145 photos · 3 missions
• 6027237
  1,784 photos · 10 missions
• 6027235NASA SN 1109
  1,305 photos · 5 missions
• 6026710NASA SN 1106
  1,132 photos · 6 missions
• 6027234NASA SN 1108
  745 photos · 6 missions
• 6027266
  556 photos · 11 missions
• 6027239NASA SN 1113
  449 photos · 15 missions
• 6027263
  395 photos · 13 missions
• 6027252
  346 photos · 7 missions
• 6027236
  316 photos · 10 missions
• 6027268
  280 photos · 12 missions
• 6027267
  263 photos · 6 missions
• 6027244NASA SN 1118
  245 photos · 13 missions
• 6020867
  208 photos · 16 missions
• 6027265
  201 photos · 6 missions
• 6027269NASA SN sn1143
  190 photos · 11 missions
• 6027246NASA SN 1120
  152 photos · 1 missions
• 6027302
  147 photos · 1 missions
• 6027247NASA SN 1121
  144 photos · 1 missions
• 6027238NASA SN 1112
  139 photos · 7 missions
• 6027248NASA SN 1122
  121 photos · 8 missions
• 6027250
  120 photos · 5 missions
• 6027249
  114 photos · 4 missions
• 6027261
  111 photos · 8 missions
• 6027256
  108 photos · 7 missions
• 6027254
  104 photos · 10 missions
• 6027258NASA SN 1132
  101 photos · 2 missions
• 6026705NASA SN 1136
  92 photos · 6 missions
• 6027242NASA SN 1116
  92 photos · 3 missions
• 6020883
  79 photos · 10 missions
• 6027259NASA SN 1133
  76 photos · 1 missions
• 6027241NASA SN 1115
  73 photos · 2 missions
• 6027243NASA SN 1117
  69 photos · 3 missions
• 6027245NASA SN 1119
  58 photos · 1 missions
• 6027240NASA SN 1114
  51 photos · 2 missions
• 6027264
  48 photos · 9 missions
• 6027301
  47 photos · 4 missions
• 6027260
  42 photos · 2 missions
• 6027271NASA SN sn1145
  41 photos · 1 missions
• 6027253
  38 photos · 1 missions
• 6027251
  25 photos · 1 missions