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Astronaut Wally Schirra, a camera enthusiast, bought the Hasselblad 500C at a camera shop in Houston, Texas, in 1962, complete with an 80mm Zeiss Planar f\/2.8 lens.<\/p>\n

Schirra (pictured below) is said to have carried the kit into orbit aboard the Mercury-Atlas 8 rocket mission.<\/p>\n

He stripped the leatherette from the body and painted its metal surface black to reduce reflections, according to the Hasselblad website.<\/p>\n

Pre-mission modifications also included the installation of a 100-exposure film container, according to Boston-based RR Auction, which is set to sell the camera on 13 November.<\/p>\n

The Hasselblad 500C and the same lens, were also used by astronaut Gordon Cooper on the next Mercury space flight.<\/p>\n

The sale includes two signed letters from Cooper, said to attest to the camera’s authenticity.<\/p>\n

‘It was interesting to note that when astronaut Walter Schirra brought that first Hasselblad camera into space, it was the only product in the space capsule that had not been custom-built for the mission,’ adds Hasselblad.<\/p>\n\"\u2018First\u2019<\/a>\"Image<\/a>\n

Images showing the \u2018First\u2019 Hasselblad camera in space, and an image taken with the camera<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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