Object Details
- Manufacturer
- General Electric Co.
- Summary
- This is a model of the type of film return capsule used to return film to Earth from the first generation of U.S. photoreconnaissance satellites. Part of the once-secret Corona project, capsules of this sort returned more than 800,000 images taken by the program's KH-series cameras between August 1960 and May 1972, when the program ended. The capsules were ejected from Agena spacecraft in orbit, reentered the atmosphere, and were retrieved in mid-air by specially-equipped U.S. Air Force planes.
- Transferred from the CIA and NRO to the Museum in 1995.
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Reconnaissance Office.
- Inventory Number
- A19960016000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Uncrewed Spacecraft & Parts
- Materials
- Display frame--plastic and metal
- Base--wood
- For additional documentation, see the Corona Program Event; link found under the "Related" tab.
- Dimensions
- Overall: 4ft 4in. x 10in. (132.08 x 25.4cm)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19960016000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv97800800d-9f23-40c7-addc-e3ccf7777df2
