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The camera that photographed the Moon
Apollo 11 / NASA
Modified Hasselblad 500EL Data Camera
NASA describes the modified Hasselblad taken onto the lunar surface.
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THE ARCHIVE / CULTURE & PHOTOGRAPHY
History.
Spaceflight and other historically significant events preserved through unusual cameras.
4 documented or clearly qualified camera connections. Every entry links to a research source.
Archive method: “On screen” means a camera appears in the story. “Making movies” identifies filming equipment behind the production. “Photographers” identifies artists’ tools. “Origins” and “History” cover inventions and events. Sources are linked on every card. Illustrations are not actual screen-used props.
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The command-module camera
Apollo 11 / NASA
Hasselblad 500EL
NASA documents a Hasselblad kept aboard Columbia during the moon landing.
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The moving images of the mission
Apollo 11 / NASA
16mm Maurer film camera
Two compact motion-picture cameras formed part of the Apollo 11 imaging kit.
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Stereoscopic pictures of lunar soil
Apollo 11 / NASA
Kodak close-up stereo camera
An unusual close-up stereo camera was used to document the lunar surface.
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