File:Apollo lunar mapping camera.jpg
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DescriptionApollo lunar mapping camera.jpg |
English: This is the flight backup for the mapping cameras used on the last three Apollo missions. Mapping the lunar surface was a high priority during Apollo 15, 16, and 17. Mounted in the service module, the mapping camera captured high-resolution images of the Moon as the spacecraft orbited. While returning to Earth, command module pilots performed spacewalks to retrieve the film canisters, mounted on the right side of the camera.
This flight backup, available for those missions if the installed cameras were damaged or malfunctioned before launch, is the best surviving example of the Fairchild-built camera. The flown versions remained in the service modules, which burned up when they reentered the Earth's atmosphere. This camera was transferred from NASA to the Museum in 1978. |
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Source | Smithsonian Institution |
Author | National Air and Space Museum |
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Short title | NASM2015-05479 |
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Date and time of data generation | 14 September 2015 |
Author | Dane Penland |
Headline | Apollo Lunar Mapping Camera (A19790013000) |
Credit/Provider | Photo by Dane Penland, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. |
Source | Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, NASM Original Photography, NASM Acc. 2012-0026. |
Copyright holder | Images are subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. |
Image title | Apollo lunar mapping camera, flight backup (A19790013000) |
JPEG file comment | Apollo lunar mapping camera, flight backup (A19790013000); manufactured by Fairchild Space & Defense Systems. Photos by Dane A. Penland, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. [Apollo Mapping Camera-0009] |
Keywords | Apollo Program |
Original transmission location code | Staff-2015-00670 |
IIM version | 4 |