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Apollo 8 Astronaut Bill Anders reveals how he took the iconic photo “Earthrise”

Apr 25, 2023 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments
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On December 24, 1968, three Apollo 8 astronauts became the first humans to orbit the Moon. Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders were onboard the spacecraft when Anders took the iconic Earthrise photo.

In a recent interview with NASA’s Chief Scientist and Senior Climate Advisor Dr. Katherine Calvin, Anders looks back on the historic event. He talks about how he took the legendary image 55 years ago, sharing some fun but also tense moments that happened behind the scenes.

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Watch this beautiful orbital sunrise over the Earth in these images from the International Space Station

Mar 19, 2022 by Alex Baker Add Comment
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It’s a sight that few people can see with their own eyes: the sun rising above the curvature of the Earth. NASA has released a spectacular series of images of an orbital sunrise from the International Space Station (ISS).

The images were taken as the ISS was 262 miles above the Pacific ocean, starting over Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula and finishing up over the Aleutian Islands.

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This video puts a year of the ISS astronauts’ life into just one minute

Oct 11, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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Other than capturing stunning photos of Earth, astronauts, of course, do so much more up there on the ISS. Have you ever wondered what their typical day looks like? Thomas Pesquet has squeezed it into a short video that shows a year of the ISS life in just one minute.

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This video guides you through the history of cameras in space

Dec 18, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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Exploring space requires a whole lot of high-tech gear. But there’s something you’ll find on space missions that also connects all of us on DIYP: cameras. In this video, Scott Manley guides you through the history of cameras in space. From 1961 to the more recent years, these were the cameras astronauts used to capture iconic space photos.

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You can now buy one of 2,400 iconic space photos on an auction

Nov 13, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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If you’ve always wanted to own one of the photos taken in space – well, now’s your chance. Christie’s has put a huge collection of space photos up for an auction: there are 700 lots with over 2,400 separate items in total. The collection includes iconic and rare images, such as the only photo of Neil Armstrong on the Moon.

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Astronaut Chris Hadfield shares his motivation behind his 45,000 photos of the Earth

Jun 4, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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We’ve already seen that astronauts can be darn good photographers. They show us what our world looks from “out there,” but it’s not just about the photographic skill. They feel the responsibility and motivation to document it. In this great video from MotivationHub, Canadian astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield talks about his images from space. He shares his motivation behind them and some more life wisdom that we all should listen to.

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Astronaut’s spacewalk snaps show us that even selfies can be epic

Jan 30, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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I can’t remember if I’ve ever thought of a selfie: “Now, this is what I call an epic shot!” Well, two recent snaps from NASA astronaut Jessica Meir made me change my mind. She recently tweeted two spacewalk selfies from outside the International Space Station (ISS), and they are out of this world, both literally and figuratively.

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Hasselblad re-issues the original 1969 press release for the cameras that captured Moon landing + photos

Jul 4, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 13 Comments
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On 20 July 1969, astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were the first men to set their feet on the surface of the Moon. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, Hasselblad has re-issued the original press release for the 500C cameras that were used to capture these historical moments.

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This is how NASA’s iconic Earthrise photo was shot 50 years ago

Dec 21, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments
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50 years ago, the crew of Apollo 8 took the iconic Earthrise photo. In this video published by Nostalghia, you can see how exactly the famous photo was taken. It contains a visualization of the entire process, with real voices of the Apollo 8 crew as the Earth appeared behind the Moon’s surface.

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Why you’ll never find a camera that’s been to the Moon on eBay

Oct 12, 2018 by Allen Murabayashi 2 Comments
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NASA’s Apollo Program was an audacious mission to send astronauts to the moon – a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy’s in a bold speech in 1961 that was an ongoing part of the Cold War. NASA’s use of photography aboard spacecraft originated during the Mercury Program when John Glenn carried two cameras during his Mercury-Atlas 6 program: 1) a Leica 1g for ultraviolet spectrascopic photos, and 2) a modified Ansco Autoset (which was a rebadged Minolta Hi-Matic by the Ansco Company) which took the first human-shot, color still photos.

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