In 2014, one of the relics from the dawn of the space age resurfaced at auction. Listed as “The First Hasselblad In Space,” it was the genesis camera — the blueprint for all cameras that flew to the surface of the moon, and the beginning of Hasselblad’s storied connection with NASA that lasted through the shuttle-era. That is, until, a second “first” camera appeared.
Read MoreIt’s often repeated how most of the cameras that landed on the moon stayed on the moon. Gene Cernan had been telling the story of how he left his camera on the lunar rover for years, recounting the tale in interviews. Looking closer, however, you being to unravel a space-age mystery.
Read MoreFour years ago, I set what seemed like an impossible goal: to make a functional Apollo 11 camera by the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. It was a crazy idea, especially with how inexperienced I was with nearly every process that would be required to do so.
Read MoreReplicating the First Hasselblad in Space, a stepping-stone to the moon camera. It was 1962. Astronaut Wally Schirra needed a camera for his mission as the third American to orbit the Earth. A photography enthusiast, he picked up a Hasselblad 500C from his local camera store and worked with NASA engineers and a contractor from RCA to modify it for space flight.
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