Object Details
- Manufacturer
- ITEK Corporation
- Summary
- Each Viking Lander was equipped with two identical cameras that, unlike conventional cameras, did not use film. Instead, a moveable mirror scanned a vertical segment of the martian scene, and photodetectors recorded the amount of light reflected into the camera. A complete picture, or "image" of the surface was made by completing a vertical scan, and then rotating the camera slightly for the next scan.
- This back-up camera was transferred from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to the Museum in 1981.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Inventory Number
- A19810661000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- SPACECRAFT-Uncrewed-Instruments & Payloads
- Materials
- Resin Impregnated Fiberglass
- Aluminum
- Beryllium
- Ferrous Alloy
- Glass
- Synthetic Fiber Fabric
- Plastics
- Paint
- Electrical Wiring
- Ink
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Overall): 59.1 × 26cm (1 ft. 11 1/4 in. × 10 1/4 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19810661000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv94cf93913-bc1f-4a43-a1bb-ca8c19d442da
