METH@USC-ISI.ARPA (03/23/84)
FROM PHOTONICS SPECTRA, MARCH 1984 P. 38: UNIQUE CAMERA WATCHES SHUTTLE The Space Shuttle Challenger carried a unique film-camera system along on its recent flight to provide the first non-NASA documentation of activity aboard. The camera, called a Cinema-360, is a modified Arriflex 35mm Type III fitted with a Nikon f/2.8 lens that provides a 180 x 360 degree field of view. The format of the film, a joint project of NASA and Cinema-360, Inc., a nonprofit organization that develops educational films for planetariums, is designed for use in planetarium domes. The February flight used the camera in the cabin and payload sections, while later flights will employ the cameras in the payload bay only. The footage will be used to produce a documentary called "An American Adventure." -------