A Tale of Two Cameras — Unraveling the Mystery of the First Hasselblad in Space.

In 2014, one of the relics from the dawn of the space age resurfaced at auction. Listed as “The First Hasselblad In Space,” it was the genesis camera — the blueprint for all cameras that flew to the surface of the moon, and the beginning of Hasselblad’s storied connection with NASA that lasted through the shuttle-era. That is, until, a second “first” camera appeared.