The first crewed mission to the Moon for over 50 years is planned for December 2025 and astronauts have been putting a brand new camera designed for the space expedition through its paces here on Earth.
The International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) in Hawai'i is preparing to launch a dual-camera system attached to a Moon lander whose primary purpose will be to photograph the cosmos.
Four years ago, I set what seemed like an impossible goal: to make a functional Apollo 11 camera by the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. It was a crazy idea, especially with how inexperienced I was with nearly every process that would be required to do so.
Between 1969 and 1972, NASA left 12 Hasselblad cameras on the moon to make room for moon …