A more than 50-year-old space-flown camera with connections to two of the original Mercury 7 astronauts is hitting the auction block in Boston. RR Auction of Massachusetts has scheduled Nov. 13 for ...

A Hasselblad camera and Zeiss lens that captured extraordinary images of Earth back in 1962 await bidding by space fans. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for ...

One day about 50 years ago, according to legend, astronaut Wally Schirra walked into a Houston camera store and changed how humanity viewed itself. That's because Schirra bought a Hasselblad 500C ...

In 1962, astronaut Wally Schirra piloted the Mercury Atlas-8 into space, carrying with him a special device that would become a historic artifact: a Hassleblad 500c camera, the first Hasselblad camera ...

11 days before the Cuban Missile Crisis began, on October 3rd, 1962, as Walter Schirra sat at the top of his Mercury rocket (call sign Sigma 7) waiting to be the fifth American in space, not far from ...

Astronaut Walter Schirra's decision to bring a Swedish-made Hasselblad on his Mercury spaceflight set the course for NASA's choice of the camera... In the summer of 1962, Walter Schirra — who would ...

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › We had the chance to shoot with Hasselblad’s newest digital back, the CFV-50c and had a ...

The first Hasselblad camera body and Zeiss lens sent into space during the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission in 1962 and the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission the following year are up for auction. The historic camera ...