Hasselblad cameras in space Hasselblad

a closeup view of skylab space station taken hand-held 70 mm hasselblad camera using 100 mm lens , so-368 medium-speed ektachrome film.



hasselblad 500 el/m 20 years in space anniversary edition 70 mm back, similar ones used in apollo program.

several different models of hasselblad cameras taken space, specially modified task.

the hasselblad cameras selected nasa because of interchangeable lenses , magazines. modifications made permit ease of use in cramped conditions while wearing spacesuits, such replacement of reflex mirror eye-level finder.

modifications nasa technicians further refined , incorporated new models hasselblad. example, development of 70 mm magazine accelerated meet space program.

the first modified (in fact simplified) hasselblad 500 c cameras used on last 2 project mercury missions in 1962 , 1963. continued used throughout gemini spaceflights in 1965 , 1966.

a general program of reliability , safety implemented following apollo 1 fire in 1967, addressing such issues reliability , safe operation of electrical equipment in high-oxygen environment.

el electric cameras used first time on apollo 8. heavily modified 500 el, so-called hasselblad electric camera (hec) used apollo 8 on board spacecraft. 3 500 el cameras carried on apollo 11. more extensively modified hasselblad el data camera (hdc), equipped special zeiss 5.6/60 mm biogon lens , film magazines 150–200 exposures, used on moon surface on apollo 11 mission. following nasa missions had hasselblad cameras on board. photographic equipment , films used on 5 subsequent flights similar taken on apollo 11. on apollo 15, 500 mm telelens added. during space shuttle period cameras based on 500 el/m, 553 elx, 205 tcc , 203 fe have been used.

twelve hasselblads remain on lunar surface.