The Westinghouse Lunar Surface TV Camera



T
he Apollo 11 EVA TV Camera.

More to come in this section.


Stan Lebar with the camera

Stan Lebar, Westinghouse Program Manager for Apollo Television Cameras, introduces the Apollo 11 Lunar Surface TV Camera – and also the Westinghouse Color Camera that was used on Apollo 10 and in the CM on Apollo 11.

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Stan Lebar with the camera

Stan Lebar, Westinghouse Program Manager for Apollo Television Cameras, with the Apollo 11 Lunar Surface TV Camera. (The camera still looks fantastic when seen in person today – it looked even more futuristic in 1969!)

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Stan Lebar Emmy Presentation

On behalf of his Westinghouse team, Stan Lebar accepts
the 1970 Emmy Award for
“Outstanding Achievement in Coverage of a Special Event”
and the development of Color Television in Space.

Left to right:
David Frost, Gloria De Haven, Stan Lebar, Jill St. John.

Scan: Stan Lebar.


Stan Lebar Emmy Presentation

Here’s Stan’s Emmy on display at the National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, Maryland, April 2011. Photo: Colin Mackellar.

Large, Larger.


See these photos from the 2006 Honeysuckle / Apollo luncheon in Canberra, when Stan Lebar brought one of the Lunar Surface TV Cameras to Australia.

See also Stan’s words of thanks to the Australian Trackers to helped receive the Apollo 11 television signal.

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