[Leica] Hasselblad/Leica on the moon

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Here elsewise on Hasselblad foundation section of Hassy site is a seemingly
conflicting story from what I just posted.

http://www.hasselbladfoundation.org/the-history/


" Around 1960 the US space agency began sending missions into outer space.
NASA was not satisfied with the pictures the on-board cameras produced. One
of the early astronauts, Walter M. Schirra, was an amateur photographer and
familiar with Hasselblad. He encouraged NASA to test Hasselblad cameras for
their needs, and in 1962, after various refinements, a Hasselblad camera
accompanied Schirra on the Mercury space mission, which orbited the earth
six times. Once developed, the pictures spoke for themselves, and Hasselblad
cameras remained the NASA choice of still image camera for the future.
Collaboration between NASA and the Hasselblad factory intensified, and a
special camera for space journeys was gradually developed. This camera had
its great moment when astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.
landed on the moon on 20 July 1969. The only still pictures from their
voyage are Hasselblad images, and they soon flooded the world media,
bringing international fame to both the camera and its inventor. Hasselblad
cameras are still on board US spacecraft today.
"

This his classic Hassy Hype buy I'm buying the bulk of it.

Rabs