Moon TV Camera.

Computer Museum, Bloop Museum, National Electronics Museum

Hunt Valley, Maryland

There are two surviving Apollo 11 moon TV cameras. One is on the Moon. The other, a backup, is on display here; in one of three museums under one roof. The camera had to be designed to survive freakish lunar temperature extremes and still transmit a signal back to earth; most of its circuitry had to be hand-made. The grainy black and white images from Apollo 11 -- later moon missions used color cameras -- captured the first step by humankind on another planetoid, and mesmerized TV audiences on July 21, 1969. Though highly unlikely that the camera on the moon still works, this one does; it's occasionally turned on by museum staffers.

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Computer Museum, Bloop Museum, National Electronics Museum

System Source

Address:: 338 Clubhouse Rd, Hunt Valley, MD
Directions:: System Source. Inside a red brick building in an industrial park. I-83 exit 20A. Drive east on Shawan Rd. At the first stoplight bear right onto McCormick Rd. Drive one mile. Turn right at the stoplight onto Beaver Dam Rd. At the first stoplight turn right onto Gilroy Rd, then turn left (no stoplight) onto Clubhouse Rd. Turn right at the green System Source sign.
Hours:: By appt only. (Call to verify)
Phone:: 410-771-5544 x4336
Admission:: Adults $15.
RA Rates:: Worth a Detour

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