Country of Origin: United States of America
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 in. tall x 3 1/4 in. wide x 5 1/4 in. deep, 1 lb. (12.7 x 8.3 x 13.3cm, 0.5kg)
Materials:
Lens with housing and motors.
This variable focal length and iris camera assembly was mounted on the Surveyor spacecraft. The iris could be operated in an automatic mode, which was controlled by integrating the scene luminance through a photocell in the lens.
In 1970, the Hughes Aircraft Co. donated the camera to the Smithsonian Institution.
Donated by Hughes Aircraft Co.
