Object Details
- Manufacturer
- ITEK Corporation
- Summary
- ITEK built this panoramic camera for NASA to be used in the scientific mapping done during the final three Apollo mission. The flown cameras, used on Apollo 15, 16, and 17, provided high resolution photography along the orbital groundtracks. The camera could also operate in stereo mode. It was mounted on the service module and recorded images on a film cassette. The cassette was retrieved by the Command Module Pilot during an extravehicular activity (EVA) or spacewalk during the trans-Earth portion of the mission. The camera is a direct technological descendent of the Itek camera used in the U-2 photoreconnaissance programs.
- NASA transferred the camera to the Museum in 1993.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA, Johnson Space Flight Center, Logistics Division
- Inventory Number
- A19940231000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Photographic
- Materials
- Aluminum, Paint, Rubber (Silicone), Glass, Mylar (Polyester), Kapton (Polymide), Steel, Stainless Steel, Adhesive, Copper, Nylon, Epoxy, Synthetic Fabric, Velcro, Paper, Phenolic resin, Teflon
- Dimensions
- Other: 1 ft. 11 5/8 in. tall x 4 ft. 11 1/16 in. long x 2 ft. 3 9/16 in. wide (60 x 150 x 70 cm)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Title
- Camera, Panoramic, Apollo
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19940231000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv95653519b-a8c3-4680-b00c-b46bf5c37a53
