Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Westinghouse, Electronic Tube Division
- Summary
- This is a complete prototype flight model of an image tube designed and utilized by John Lowrance in the mid-to-late1970s for electronic imaging capabilities for space telescope applications, notably for the Hubble Space Telescope. The vidicon portion was manufactured by Westingouse (07138 WX-32193 S/N 77-35-066). It is one of several examples accessioned from John Lowrance's company that represent the state of the art for this class of detector at the time NASA decided to switch from this technology to solid state CCD detectors for the Wide Field Planetary Camera.
- Credit Line
- Gift of John L. Lowrance
- Inventory Number
- A20070101000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- INSTRUMENTS-Scientific
- Materials
- Steel
- Glass
- Copper Alloy
- Aluminum
- Synthetic
- Ceramic
- Electronics
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 48.9 × 10.5 × 10.5cm, 1.5kg (1 ft. 7 1/4 in. × 4 1/8 in. × 4 1/8 in., 3.2lb.)
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A20070101000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv929f20d9f-fa4b-4378-b745-4c0681a58ffe
