Stanley Lebar
Stanley L. Lebar (born July 29, 1925 in Richmond , Virginia , † December 23, 2009 in Baltimore , Maryland ) was an American engineer who constructed the television camera for the Apollo moon missions.
Lebar served as a rifleman in B-24 bombers during World War II , after which he studied electrical engineering at the University of Missouri until 1950 . In 1953 he joined Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Baltimore.
In 1964, Westinghouse was commissioned by NASA to develop a television camera that could withstand the extreme temperatures of the moon and weigh only 7 pounds instead of the 400 pounds at the time. After five years, Lebar headed a team of 75 engineers and technicians and more than 300 manufacturers. This black and white camera finally broadcast Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon when the moon landing was broadcast in 1969 .
Lebar later also developed a color television camera for the Apollo program, as well as the cameras for the Skylab space station .
For the successful development of this camera and the color TV broadcasts of the Apollo program, the Westinghouse company received an Emmy in the technology category in 1970 , which Lebar accepted.
Lebar died at the age of 84 from complications after surgery.
literature
- A retired engineer is quietly working to improve the first TV images broadcast from Apollo 11 in The Sacramento Bee (English)
Web links
- NBC: Live From the Moon: Stan Lebar, Lunar TV Camera Creator Dies (English)
- NASA: Passing of Stan Lebar (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Ron Cassie: Baltimore-Invented TV Camera Sent Moon Walk Images Around the World. In: Baltimore Magazone. July 19, 2019, accessed April 19, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lebar, Stanley |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lebar, Stanley L. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Richmond , Virginia |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 2009 |
| Place of death | Baltimore , Maryland |