Viewfinder, Camera, Leica, Friendship 7
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Unknown
notes: label: Summary
content: In order for John Glenn to take photographs during his February 20, 1962 mission while still wearing his bulky spacesuit, NASA engineers modified a Leica camera with this special viewfinder. This special attachment featured a suction cup on the back side to allow Glenn to easily place the device against the visor when he was required to keep it down. The viewfinder was removeable for when Glenn did not need his visor down, and the velcro strip on the rounded top let him manage its location inside the spacecraft.
label: Summary
content: NASA transferred this rangefinder to the Museum along with all other Friendship 7 equipment in 1967.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
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content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transferred from NASA
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19670201000
objectType: label: Type
content: EQUIPMENT-Photographic
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Overall: metal, plastic
label: Materials
content: Suction cup: rubber
label: Dimensions
content: 3-D: 6.4 x 3.8 x 7.6cm (2 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 3 in.)