Object Details
Manufacturer
Fairchild Space & Defense Systems
Summary
This lens cap comes from a wide angle lens used during the first live television broadcasts from space made from a black-and-white RCA television camera. The first three Apollo missions used these RCA cameras and Fairchild lenses. 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.
NASA transferred this lens cap with the camera lens to the Museum in 1973.
Credit Line
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Inventory Number
A19731470001
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
EQUIPMENT-Photographic
Materials
metal and black fabric lining.
Dimensions
3-D: 8.9cm (3 1/2 in.)
Country of Origin
United States of America
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National Air and Space Museum Collection
Location
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Hangar
James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A19731470001