Object Details
- Manufacturer
- RCA
- Summary
- The first live television broadcasts from space were made with a black-and-white RCA television camera like this one during the Apollo 7 mission in 1968. Apollo 8 and 9 used similar cameras. Apollo 10 and the lunar landing missions used color cameras.
- Some astronauts objected to adding photography to their busy schedules, but their broadcasts drew millions of viewers and exposed the world to life in space-live on their home TVs. The cameras had lenses for different applications, including a telephoto lens to capture images of Earth from space.
- This camera was transferred from NASA to the Museum in 1979.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA
- Inventory Number
- A19790664000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Photographic
- Materials
- metal, glass
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7in. x 3 1/2in., 4.2lb. (17.78 x 8.89cm, 1.9kg)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Hangar
- James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19790664000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv97bc2cbe8-f6b4-45ff-be88-7dd30fb6ff74
