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This Fairchild wide-angle television camera lens, used with an RCA television camera during the Apollo 13 mission, allowed the astronauts to show a wider view of the spacecraft interior during broadcasts to Earth. Due to the explosion in the Service Module after their first television broadcast, the camera and lens were used only once.

NASA transferred this lens to the Museum in 1973.

 Display Status

This object is on display in Human Spaceflight at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.

Human Spaceflight
Object Details
Country of Origin United States of America Type EQUIPMENT-Photographic Manufacturer Fairchild Space & Defense Systems
 Dimensions 3-D: 8.9 x 6.4cm (3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
 Materials Metal, glass, tape
 Inventory Number A19731500000 Credit Line Transferred from NASA Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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