Lens, 50mm, Gemini 4
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Carl Zeiss G.m.b.H.
notes: label: Summary
content: This Zeiss lens was used on the Zeiss Ikon camera Ed White used during his spacewalk on Gemini IV. The flown camera, considered U.S. Air Force property at the time of the flight, is in the collection of the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The camera and lens, attached to White's hand-held maneuvering unit when he performed the first spacewalk by an American, captured images looking back towards the spacecraft and mission commander James McDivitt.
label: Summary
content: This lens, supplied by NASA for the Gemini IV flight, was transferred to the Museum in 1989.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: Germany
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
label: Location
content: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
label: Hangar
content: James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transferred from NASA
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19890672000
objectType: label: Type
content: EQUIPMENT-Photographic
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: glass, metal
label: Dimensions
content: Other: 2 3/8 in. long x 1 15/16 in. wide (6 x 5cm)