List of NASA cameras on spacecraft

NASA has operated several cameras on spacecraft over the course of its history.

Space Shuttle astronaut Kenneth Cockrell with a digital Nikon NASA F4 HERCULES

Reflected in the visor is the camera used for this astronaut "selfie"

Astronaut Christopher Cassidy holding a camera while on EVA (Space-walk)

Apollo Program

• Apollo TV camera
• Hasselblad "Electric Camera" (modified 500 EL) with 70 mm film
• Maurer Data Acquisition Camera (DAC) with 16 mm film
• Nikon F with 35 mm film
• Mapping (Metric) Camera (7.6 cm focal length) with 127 mm film, on Apollo 15, 16, and 17 (see Sherman Fairchild#Lunar photography)^[1]
• Stellar Camera (7.6 cm focal length) with 35 mm film, on Apollo 15, 16, and 17
• Panoramic Camera (61 cm focal length) with 127 mm film, on Apollo 15, 16, and 17

Skylab

Personal camera equipment:^[2]

• Television camera
• 16 mm film video camera
• 35 mm film camera
• 70 mm film camera

Space Shuttle program

• Space Shuttle booster cameras.^[3]
• Space Shuttle External Tank camera
• Columbia
  • Shuttle Infrared Leeside Temperature Sensing experiment
• Nikon NASA F4

Lunar missions

• Pioneer program, 1958–1960
  • Pioneer 1, television camera
  • Pioneer 2, television camera
• Lunar Orbiter program, Lunar Orbiter 1–5, 1966–1967

The camera used two lenses to simultaneously expose a wide-angle and a high-resolution image on the same film. The wide-angle, medium resolution mode used an 80 mm F 2.8 Xenotar lens manufactured by Schneider Kreuznach, Germany. The high-resolution mode used a 610 mm F 5.6 Panoramic lens manufactured by the Pacific Optical Company. The film was developed on-orbit, and then scanned by a photomultiplier for transmission to Earth.

• Clementine, 1994
  • Ultraviolet/Visible camera (UV/Vis)
  • Near-Infrared camera (NIR)
  • High-Resolution Camera (HIRES)
• Lunar Precursor Robotic Program, 2009
  • Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
    • Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC)
  • Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite
    • One visible, two near infrared, and two mid-infrared cameras
• Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, 2011
  • Moon Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students (MoonKAM)

Other missions

• Hazcam
• Navcam
• Pancam
• Cachecam

See also

• List of cameras on ISS
• Nikon NASA F4