Bracket, Camera Mounting, Gemini
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- McDonnell Aircraft Corp.
- Summary
- For stable, almost hands-free use of cameras, brackets like this one could be placed inside and outside the spacecraft. Astronauts usually placed them near windows in order to set up a constant location for shooting photographs natural phenomena or the surface of the Earth.
- NASA transferred this bracket to the Museum in 1968.
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration through McDonnell Aircraft Corp.
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Inventory Number
- A19680377000
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Photographic
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Materials
- Anodized Aluminum, Steel, Aluminum, Ink, Cadmium
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 15.2 x 13.3 x 5.7cm (6 x 5 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
- Metadata Usage
- Not determined
- Record ID
- nasm_A19680377000
Metal bracket; with rod and handle.
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