project SECURITY A full-fuselage trainer is the crown jewel of the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery, Seattle. Although the museum was unable to acquire a retired space shuttle orbiter, the trainer is very similar. The FFT was used as a test bed for upgrades to the shuttle fleet and for astronaut training such as extra-vehicular activity (EVA) and emergency egress.
IP Cameras Fly High In Space Museum D
uring their design and manufacture, the space-travel-related artifacts at the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery, Seattle, were top-security projects closely guarded by NASA. Now watchful eyes again protect them and the entire interior and exterior of the newly constructed addition to The Museum of Flight campus. This time, however, some of those “eyes” are IP-based video cameras from Samsung, Ridgefield Park, NJ. Ten Samsung IP cameras, tied into the Museum of Flight’s existing video management system (VMS), help ensure the physical security of the new facilities, artifacts, staff, and visitors. Video from the cameras is used to monitor all activities at the new Space Gallery, including reviewing incidents on the premises to prevent future occurrences, searching for children separated from their parents, and providing a visual deterrent to crime. Video also enables visual inspection of exterior doors to confirm the status 28
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Low-light capabilities meet surveillance needs at high-tech museum. reported by the building’s access-control system. Brandon Knutson, security and safety manager at the Museum of Flight, considered other network camera brands for the new facility but concluded that Samsung cameras offered the same or better features at lower prices. “The image quality is on the top end compared with our other IP cameras,” said Knutson. “Also, the Samsung organization and their local representatives have been genuinely interested and committed to this project.” Other factors in the decision were Samsung’s broad product line, the cameras’ lowlight capabilities, and embedded content analytics.
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New cameras expand surveillance Samsung cameras installed to watch the Space Gallery building include three SNB-5000 1.3-megapixel HD box cameras with Samsung SLA-M2882 auto-iris varifocal lenses, used to monitor a public entry, service entry, and admission sales counter. Another three 1.3-megapixel, HD, vandal-resistant, fixed-dome cameras, Samsung SNV-5080, monitor public entries; one is mounted on the exterior of the building to monitor an additional entry point. Two SNP-3301H interior H.264 network pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) dome cameras mounted at opposite corners of the Space Gallery allow security staff to monitor any violations of established visitor and staff expectations. Two additional exterior vandal-resistant PTZ dome cameras, both Samsung SNP-3120V, sit high on the building’s exterior to monitor parking and the Airpark, an outdoor area with several significant aircraft, including a Concorde supersonic
