Apollo TV Camera
Television cameras used on the Apollo Project's missions (and later Apollo-Soyuz Test Project and Skylab missions) varied in design, with image quality improving significantly with each design. A camera was carried in the Apollo Command Module. For each lunar landing mission, a camera was also placed inside the Modularized Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA) in Quad 4 of the Lunar Module (LM) Descent Stage, so it was capable of broadcasting the first steps of the astronauts as they climbed down the ladder of the LM at the start of the first moonwalk/EVA. Afterwards, the camera would be detached from its mount in the MESA, mounted on a tripod and carried away from the LM to show the progress of the EVA.
Read more about Apollo TV Camera: RCA Slow Scan TV Camera, Westinghouse Apollo Lunar Television Camera, Westinghouse Lunar Color Camera, RCA J-Series Ground-Commanded Television Assembly (GCTA)
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