Space Shuttle Payload Deployment and Retrieval System (PDRS) television monitor, measuring 10″ x 7″ x 13″, with an RCA AstroElectronics label on the back: "Contract NAS 9-15374, Television Monitor, 2291585-502, Ser No. 016." The front of the monitor has adjustment knobs for "Brightness" and "Contrast," and toggle switches for "Source," "Mode," "Scan," "Data," "Sync," "X-Hair," and "Power." The rear of the unit has ports marked "J1," "J2," and "J3." Includes its metal crate with "NASA: Critical Space Item" labels, and a deaccession label denoting its acquisition cost as $262,968. In fine condition.
Provenance: The Spaceflight America Museum and Science Center in Prince Frederick, MD, and accompanied by the museum's display placard describing the piece: "The Space Shuttle Orbiter's Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) aided the flight crew in monitoring PDRS operations. The robotic arm has provisions on the wrist joint for a CCTV camera that can be zoomed, a viewing light on the wrist joint and a CCTV with pan and tilt capability on the elbow of the arm. In addition, four CCTV cameras in the payload bay could be panned, tilted and zoomed. The two CCTV monitors at the aft flight deck station could each display any two of the CCTV camera views simultaneously with split screen capability."
