Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer

This is a lens cap for a telelvision camera lens used by they Apollo 17 crew. The Apollo 17 astronauts used the TV camera during the last trip to the Moon. With the lens attached to their Westinghouse color television camera and connected by a cable to the spacecraft, mission after Apollo 11 could broadcast live color television images from the Moon.

This lens cap was transferred from NASA to the Museum in 1984.

 Display Status

This object is on display in James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.

James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
Object Details
Country of Origin United States of America Type EQUIPMENT-Photographic Manufacturer P. Angenieux
 Dimensions Overall: 2 1/2 in. diameter ( 6.35cm)
 Materials Plastic, velcro
 Inventory Number A19840166001 Credit Line Transferred from NASA Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
For more information, visit the Smithsonians Terms of Use.