NASA Special Collection Database

Category Electronics

Description Blue and silver metal box, 4" X 2.5" with 3-thirteen pin receptacles one three separate sides. Black 10" cord protruding from one end of the box with a eleven pin plug on the end of the cord. White label with "USA, United Space Alliance, Title: Multiple Headset Adapter Assy, Part No.: 85-014577-01, 03004, NAS9-20000, Space Flight Operations Contract. Item is in very good condition.

Barcode 31315006360882

Provenance Item shipped from Johnson Space Center, Houston Texas. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Item is a display piece. Part of order 17-4.

Purpose Each crew member wears a helmet and headset during the launch and reentry of the spacecraft. The headset lessens severe noise, and aids in communications between astronauts, as well as on ground flight controllers. A multiple headset adapter is used as its three outlets allow up to three crew members to share one available outlet, and all three individuals' microphones will be keyed in on communications.

Category Electronics

Description 1.5" X 1" X 5.25" Aluminum compartment, long rectangular shape. Has battery anode and cathode drawings on side. Has caution note on one side, and has Battery Unit P/N SDD39119155-001, S/N 1004. Last side has cutout with view of wires. Item is in good condition.

Barcode 31315005265645

Provenance included tag references LBJ Space Center, Houston, TX as origin. Was inventoried 10 times beginning in 1992. Unclear if used ever. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Unit barcode and archival box are shared with Microphone Boom Assembly.* Part of order #4.

Purpose For display purposes only. Battery pack of undescribed origin. No further information is know. We are including some links to logs of astronauts changing battery packs.

Category Electronics

Description .625" diameter camera mounted on 1.625" X 1.625" green circuit board. Has sealed NASA/government tag:(barcode)3063150. No lens included. Item is in average condition.

Barcode 31315006850452

Provenance Shipped from George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, Greg Tate. Currently Held at the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Item is part of order #23-1.

Purpose For more information regarding this artifact please click pdf file.

Category Electronics

Description 1" diameter camera is mounted on silver tone metal casing with 8' metal encased cord. Cord has screw mount connector on opposite end. Item is in above average condition.

Barcode 31315006850478

Provenance Shipped from George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, Greg Tate. Currently Held at the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Item is part of order #23-1.

Purpose Space Shuttles have cameras mounted at all angles on external tanks and solid rocket boosters. They monitor and assess other Shuttle systems in use and provide a live video feed that can be viewed by scientists at home. Monitoring the performance of systems insures the astronauts are safe and shuttles work at peak performance. Our artifact is an External Tank or ET Camera.

Category Electronics

Description Nikon F5 camera body with film back MF-28, Three stickers on body; NASA inventory, blue 2012, and NASA barcode. Camera is 6" X 6." Item is in very good condition.

Barcode 31315006360825

Provenance Item shipped from Johnson Space Center, Houston Texas. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Item is a display piece. Part of order 17-4.

Purpose Cameras are used by the flight crew to document activities and operations inside and outside the orbiter. The 35mm camera is a motorized, battery-operated Nikon camera with reflex viewing; through-the-lens coupled light metering and automatic film advancement. The camera has the standard manual operation and three automatic (electrically controlled) modes- single exposure, continuous and time.

Category Electronics

Description 8.5" X 5.5" X 3.75" Black/Grey Sony Video Camera with white inventory sticker and blue Velcro. One red dot sticker is present. 1.75" X 3.75" black and grey stray affixed to side. Camera wrapped in large bubble wrap, originally. Item is in very good condition.

Barcode 31315005265603

Provenance From Nasa's STS program. Item was sent from Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Currently held by Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Part of order # 4.

Purpose Cameras are used by the flight crew to document activities and operations inside and outside the orbiter.

Category Electronics

Description 16" long Canon video camera, XL-1 complete with viewfinder, red and white Canon strap, black hand strap, minus battery pack. Camera has bayonet mount for lens. Corresponding lens; 0069 and 0070 are mountable to this camcorder. Camera has three large identifying stickers on the right side of piece. Canon maroon shoulder strap included. Item is in very good condition.

Barcode 31315005275164

Provenance Shipped from LBJ Space Center in Houston Texas. Currently Held at the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Item is part of order #10

Purpose Cameras are used by the flight crew to document activities and operations inside and outside the orbiter.

Category Electronics

Description 13" X 10.5" Black IBM ThinkPad. Laptop has several stickers on it; yellow, Disk Wiped; Red, Class III, Not For Flight; and pick 2011. Has paper inventory sheet taped to it. Model #: 2653-NU4, Serial #: KP-GHFXV. Item is in very good condition.

Barcode 31315005265561

Provenance Shipped from LBJ Space Center. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown but used for training. Part of order #6.

Purpose Laptops are used by astronauts on space flights to aid them in a variety of tasks as a companion to the main computer systems of the shuttle. Some of the operations include emailing, landing simulations, making phone calls to friends, and rendezvous assistance. Laptops are much faster than the main computer systems onboard, but are much less reliable; therefore, laptops aid the main computers but do not replace them.