They were both basically still within Earth’s biosphere when it comes to camera destroying ionization. The Van Alan Belts are the first problem: https://en.m.w

They were both basically still within Earth’s biosphere when it comes to camera destroying ionization. The Van Alan Belts are the first problem: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Allen_radiation_belt https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Allen_radiation_belt and from there it gets pretty bad on out. Space is hard, in the learning-loop sense. 99.999% of all in-space experience has taken place less than 5000km from Earth.