ATM, Telescope, X-ray

Object Details

Manufacturer

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Summary

This is an engineering prototype for one of the two X-ray solar telescopes that were flown on the Apollo Telescope Mount on Skylab (ATM), launched in 1973. Known as experiment S056, it was one of eight scientific instruments designed to study x-ray flux from the sun. It consists of a camera assembly with a changeable film magazine. The flight instrument provided in excess of 27,000 exposures of the sun over the course of the Skylab mission. Transferred from NASA.

Credit Line

Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Inventory Number

A19840408000

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

INSTRUMENTS-Scientific

Materials

Mixed metals, glass optics

Dimensions

3-D: 250.2 × 59.7 × 58.4cm (98 1/2 × 23 1/2 × 23 in.)

Country of Origin

United States of America

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Record ID

nasm_A19840408000

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv99f5214a5-b411-4cba-aabe-50a63cad7829