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Object details:

Object Name: Battery, Sony Video Camcorder
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A20120287001

	Object Name
	Battery, Sony Video Camcorder

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv93b697ccb-326f-44e6-a455-ebb364c31c63

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Materials
	Aluminum

	Materials
	Iron Alloy

	Materials
	Non-Magnetic White Metal

	Materials
	Plastic

	Materials
	Paint

	Materials
	Velcro

	Materials
	Adhesive

	Materials
	Synthetic Fabric

	Dimensions
	Overall: 12.7 x 9.5 x 26.7cm (5in. x 3 3/4in. x 10 1/2in.) plus approx. 26 in. long wire with capped fastener on chain

	Summary
	This battery assembly powered the Sony Handycam SteadyShot video camcorder used with the Thermal Enclosure System-Crystal Observation System (TES-COS), which housed protein crystal growth experiments on the Space Shuttle.

	Summary
	Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, actively involved in experiments for Shuttle flights, gave this item and a large set of protein crystal growth equipment to the Museum in 2012.

	Country of Origin
	United States of America

	Credit Line
	Gift of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Center for Biological Sciences and Engineering

	Inventory Number
	A20120287001

	Type
	EQUIPMENT-Power Sources

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