Apollo 11's astronauts snapped photos for science — then came MTV
- The Apollo 11 astronauts who made mankind's first visit to the moon 50 years ago were trained in how to take pictures for science. Back on Earth, some of those photos became pop culture touchstones.
"The photographs of people are what make it real for everybody back on Earth. We can sort of understand it because we can put ourselves in their place," Levasseur said. Still photography from the Apollo 11 moonwalk was captured on cameras specially built by the Swedish company Hasselblad to mount on an astronaut's chest. All they had to do was point their body in the right direction, adjust the settings if necessary and pull a trigger.
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