NASA Special Collection Database

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 Book/Print/Published Item

Description 6.25" X 9.75" laminated card entitled PUFF HARDWARE RETRIEVAL CUE CARD. Side one lists parts. Side two has a picture and session flow. Item is in very good condition.

Barcode 31315006310168

Provenance Shipped from LBJ Space Center. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Item is in original condition. Part of order #11-1.

Purpose PuFF stands for Pulmonary Function in Flight and PuFF hardware is used to determine the effects of no gravity, extra-vehicular activities and closed spacecraft environments have to crew health and well being. Our item has instructions for suggested configurations for the PuFF equipment. Further, it gives instructions on how to use the PuFF equipment on each crew member.

Category Book/Print/Published Item

Description 2.1" x 3.4" Hard plastic card. The front has the NASA name and logo, along with the "space smart" emblem and a graphic of its robot mascot. The reverse reads Space Smart Explorer www.nasa.gov www.nasaspacesmart.com followed by the Space Smart logo. Item is in very good condition.

Barcode 31315007330033

Provenance Shipped from Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 20771. Currently held at the Orland Park Public Library, NASA Special Collection. Item is part of order #26-1

Purpose This card was used as part of a "technology driven kiosk experience" intended to show participants the benefits of space exploration and other NASA endeavors. The spacesmart website on the card was allowed to expire in 2011, and is now privately owned. The card is useful now only as a collector's item.

Category Book/Print/Published Item

Description Two - 11" X 14" white and blue certificates dated 7/16/69. No names written in. One 12" cardboard mailing tube with mailing labels of original owner. All items included are in very good condition.

Barcode 31315006360940

Provenance Item given anonymously although family name is on mailing tube. Family name will not be identified in description. Item produced by Birdwatchers, P.O. Box 1533, Titusville, FL 32780.

Purpose For display purposes only.