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Film Magazine, Hasselblad, 70mm, Apollo 11, Lunar Surface

Hasselblad

During the Apollo 11 mission, Magazine R was used inside the lunar module "Eagle" with an electric Hasselblad camera. The color images printed from this magazine include moments from inside the lunar module during undocking from the command module "Columbia" and continue through the crew's return to the spacecraft after their historic EVA to the lunar surface. No images from its film roll came from outside the lunar module. This magazine and the camera it attached to were modified with a silver metal exterior to repel the solar rays that could easily overheat and destroy this sensitive equipment on the lunar surface.

Type

EQUIPMENT-Photographic

Medium

Aluminum, plastic

Department

NASM

Institution

National Air and Space Museum

Object number

nasm_A19980007000

Credit

Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration