Camera, Narrow Angle, LROC
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Malin Space Science Systems
notes: label: Summary
content: The Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is a CCD camera attached to a powerful telescope with a 700mm focal length. It can take black and white images of the Moon with a resolution of less than a meter.
label: Summary
content: This flight spare instrument is identical to the flown instrument built by Malin Space Science Systems. NASA transferred the camera to the Museum in 2016.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
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content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
label: Location
content: National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
label: Exhibition
content: Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A20160054000
objectType: label: Type
content: EQUIPMENT-Photographic
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Steel
label: Materials
content: Aluminum
label: Materials
content: Composite
label: Materials
content: Kapton
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content: Plastic
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content: Electronics
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content: Glass
label: Materials
content: Adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: 3-D: 83.8 × 38.1 × 33.7cm, 9.5kg (2 ft. 9 in. × 1 ft. 3 in. × 1 ft. 1 1/4 in., 21lb.)