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Apollo 11, Hasselblad on the Moon, and Lunar Panoramas.
From the Apollo Missions Panorama Site: “On July 20, 1969 the first man stepped on the moon. During the next three years, six missions to the moo...
From the Apollo Missions Panorama Site:
“On July 20, 1969 the first man stepped on the moon.
During the next three years, six missions to the moon were made and a total of twelve astronauts walked on the moon. During these missions thousands of images were taken, most of them with the “Hasselblad EDC”, a special version of the Hasselblad 500 EL.”
There are also tons of amazing images available from all of these mission at the Project Apollo Image Gallery. Here’s a selection from the Apollo 11 mission.
Buzz Aldrin uses a triggerless Hasselblad camera during EVA training. April, 1969.
Neil Armstrong practices collection of contingency sample during EVA training in Houston. April 18, 1969.
Launch team members view the Apollo 11 through the firing room windows. July 16, 1969.
Apollo 11 as viewed from an Air Force EC-135N plane
(in Mare Fecunditatis). Partially visible are craters Anvil and
Taruntius H.
Armstrong in LM after historic moonwalk.
View of full lunar disc during return trip.
vessel, the U.S.S. Hornet, to be sent to Hickam AFB, Hawaii. July 24, 1969.
Apollo 11 astronauts examine film rolls. August 3, 1969.
Astronaut Neil Armstrong cuts his birthday cake as he celebrates his 39th birthday inside the Lunar Receiving Laboratory. August 5, 1969.
See a history of Hasselblad in space.
See a gallery of the cameras that have been used in space
See the newly stiched-together panoramas from Hasselblad imagery