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Wally Schirra used a camera like this one on his Mercury Sigma 7 mission. The Swedish company Hasselblad has perhaps the longest history of supplying NASA with superior camera equipment. Parts that could create a static charge-dangerous in the spacecraft's high oxygen environment-were removed from space cameras, some of the only modifications made to make commercial cameras usable in space.

NASA transferred this camera to the Museum in 1977.

 Display Status

This object is on display in James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.

James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
Object Details
Country of Origin Sweden Type EQUIPMENT-Photographic Manufacturer Carl Zeiss G.m.b.H.
Cine Mechanics
Hasselblad
 Dimensions Overall: 3 1/2 in. tall x 3 15/16 in. wide x 6 7/16 in. deep (8.89 x 9.97 x 16.32cm)
Other (lens): 1 9/16 in. deep x 2 7/8 in. diameter (4 x 7.3cm)
Other (camera body): 3 3/8 in. tall x 3 15/16 in. wide x 3 in. deep (8.57 x 9.97 x 7.62cm)
Other (magazine): 3 1/2 in. tall x 3 5/8 in. wide x 1 7/8 in. deep (8.89 x 9.21 x 4.76cm)
 Materials Metal case, glass optics
 Inventory Number A19770574000 Credit Line Transferred from NASA Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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