NASA flew this aluminum film core with the IMAX camera in the payload bay of the space shuttle on seven missions in the 1980s and 1990s to capture film footage for four IMAX productions. Perhaps the most notable use of the camera was to film the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope during STS-31 in 1990, footage that later went on to use in the IMAX films Destiny in Space (1994) and Hubble 3D (2010).
This aluminum film core was contained within either the feed or take-up magazine, acting as the spool around which unexposed or used film could be wound.
Gift of the IMAX Corporation in 2011.
Display Status
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Country of Origin
Canada
Type
EQUIPMENT-Photographic
Manufacturer
IMAX Corporation
Dimensions
Overall: 6.5 x 7.6cm (2 9/16 x 3 in.)
Materials
Aluminum
Paint
Inventory Number
A20120259009
Credit Line
Gift of the IMAX Corporation
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Restrictions & Rights
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