Overall (Bag, Body): 1ft 1in. x 1ft 2in. x 1 1/2in. (33.02 x 35.56 x 3.81cm)
Other (Length With Strap): 2ft 1 1/2in. (64.77cm)
Overall (Case): 1ft 1in. x 1ft 1/2in. x 1 1/2in. (33.02 x 31.75 x 3.81cm)
Type:
EQUIPMENT-Training Devices
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Summary:
This stereoscopic viewer was offered to the Smithsonian as an Apollo-era astronaut training device. It contains the hand written name "E. A. King," the first Lunar Sample Curator appointed at the NASA Manned Spaceflight Center in Houston, Texas. The images are of terrestrial sites and were presumably used to familiarize the viewer with three dimensional appearance of geological features when viewed from altitude. No specific information of the particular use of this object is available. It was transferred from NASA to the Smithsonian in June 1969.
