The Camera That Went To The Moon And Changed How We See It

Astronaut Alan L. Bean holds a container filled with lunar soil collected during the extravehicular activity in which astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., commander, and Bean, lunar module pilot, participated.

Astronaut Walter Schirra’s decision to bring a Swedish-made Hasselblad on his Mercury spaceflight set the course for NASA’s choice of the camera for the Apollo lunar program.

(Image credit: Charles Conrad Jr./NASA)




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Source: NPR Space News