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• Man on the moon pictures from space Patch#

Columbia was piloted by astronaut Michael Collins who stayed in orbit around the moon waiting for Neil and Buzz. They docked with "Columbia," the Command Module. They also brought back 46 pounds of moon rocks.Īfter their stay on the moon, they blasted off in the top part of the lunar lander. The two astronauts spent 21 hours on the moon. Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut to step on the moon. Image above: Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin. They traveled to the moon and arrived in lunar orbit on July 19. On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Apollo 8 and Apollo 10 even flew all the way to the moon, around it, and back to Earth. The first Apollo missions were spent getting ready for the moon landing. The race to meet his goal would require the greatest technological achievement the world has ever seen. The challenge was to land a man on the moon before the end of the decade (before 1970).

Man on the moon pictures from space Patch#

Image above: This patch was created in celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. There he said these well-known words, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." Then, he stepped on the moon's surface where he could look up and see Earth far above him. People around the world watched and listened as Neil slowly climbed down the ladder of the lunar lander. On July 20, 1969, he set foot on the moon. The resulting photographs captured the history of humanity in the making.Thirty-five years ago astronaut Neil Armstrong did something no one had ever done before.

Only the film magazines containing the momentous images were brought back. The journeys home from the Moon made very special demands on what could return regarding weight from Apollo 11 to the final Apollo 17 mission, a total of twelve camera bodies were left behind on the lunar surface.

Securely removing the film magazines, both cameras with lenses were left behind on the Moon in order to meet narrow weight margins for successful return. After the successful shooting on 21 July 1969, the Hasselblad was hoisted up to the lunar lander with a line. Working perfectly under the extreme conditions of the lunar surface, the HDC produced some of history’s most iconic photographs. Would the one Hasselblad camera used to shoot on the lunar surface capture the results everyone was hoping for? The HDC had never been tested in space before, adding to the pressure of this once in a lifetime moment. A second black Hasselblad Electric Camera (HEC) with a Zeiss Planar 80mm ƒ/2,8 lens was used to shoot from inside the Eagle lunar module. A silver Hasselblad Data Camera (HDC) with Réseau plate, fitted with a Zeiss Biogon 60mm ƒ/5.6 lens, was chosen to document the lunar surface and attached to astronaut Armstrong's chest. What could be deemed as one of the most iconic moments of Hasselblad in space was when the Apollo 11 mission successfully landed the Eagle on the Moon on 20 July 1969, signifying humanity's first steps off our own planet. The successful, high quality images that Schirra captured across his six orbits of the Earth would spark a new chapter in the history of Hasselblad and a long, close and mutually beneficial cooperation between the American space agency and the Swedish camera manufacturer. The streamlined Hasselblad would find itself in the payload for Mercury 8 (MA-8) in October 1962. Finally, a matte black outer paint job minimized reflections in the window of the orbiter. A new film magazine was constructed in order to allow for 70 exposures instead of the usual 12. After buying a few 500Cs, a weight-loss program followed including removal of its leather covering, auxiliary shutter, reflex mirror, and viewfinder. Knowing the high quality of the Hasselblad camera, Schirra suggested to NASA that they use a Hasselblad to document space since the previous camera model utilised delivered disappointing results. Prospective NASA astronaut and photography enthusiast Walter Schirra had his own Hasselblad 500C with a Planar f/2.8, 80mm lens. Hasselblad and NASA’s journey together began in 1962 during the Mercury program.