Each mission carried at least one television camera, one 16mm film camera, and one 70mm still camera. Most carried two still cameras. Different models of TV cameras were used on different missions. The TV cameras were left in place at liftoff and operated either autonomously or by remote-control afterwards. The film cameras were taken back up, because they were used to film the liftoff. The still camera bodies were usually jettisoned before liftoff.
|