Astronauts who went on the Apollo Moon missions were equipped with a Swedish-madeHasselblad camera . Now, many of these photos have been made freely available via the Flickr accountProject Apollo Archives .
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing, we've picked out 50 of our favourites from the enormous 11,600-image collection, showing the barrenness of the Moon, the vastness of space and the humanity of the mission.
All images © NASA/Flickr/Project Apollo Archives
Apollo 7
AS07-3-1542 - Apollo 7 Hasselblad image from film magazine 3/M - Earth Orbit AS07-4-1584 - Apollo 7 Hasselblad image from film magazine 4/N - Earth Orbit AS07-4-1596 -Apollo 7 Hasselblad image from film magazine 4/N - Earth Orbit AS07-4-1600 -Apollo 7 Hasselblad image from film magazine 4/N - Earth Orbit AS07-4-1602 - Apollo 7 Hasselblad image from film magazine 4/N - Earth Orbit AS07-11-2000 -Apollo 7 Hasselblad image from film magazine 11/P - Earth Orbit
Read more about the history of space exploration:
Apollo 8
AS08-13-2329 -Apollo 8 Hasselblad image from film magazine 13/E - Lunar Orbit, Trans-Earth Coast AS08-16-2583 -Apollo 8 Hasselblad image from film magazine 16/A - Trans-Lunar Coast, Lunar Orbit AS08-16-2628 -Apollo 8 Hasselblad image from film magazine 16/A - Trans-Lunar Coast, Lunar Orbit
Late astronauts' lives in pictures:
Apollo 9
AS09-20-3069 -Apollo 9 Hasselblad image from film magazine 20/E - Earth orbit, EVA AS09-20-3079 - Apollo 9 Hasselblad image from film magazine 20/E - Earth orbit, EVA AS09-20-3175 - Apollo 9 Hasselblad image from film magazine 20/E - Earth orbit, EVA AS09-21-3207 - Apollo 9 Hasselblad image from film magazine 21/B - Earth orbit, LM test flight
Read more about the future of space exploration:
Apollo 10
AS10-34-5091 - Apollo 10 Hasselblad image from film magazine 34/M - LM extraction, Lunar orbit, LM undocking & return AS10-35-5249 - Apollo 10 Hasselblad image from film magazine 35/U - Lunar Orbit, Trans-Earth Coast AS10-34-5026 - Apollo 10 Hasselblad image from film magazine 34/M - LM extraction, Lunar orbit, LM undocking & return Apollo 11
AS11-36-5293 - Apollo 11 Hasselblad image from film magazine 36/N - Trans-Lunar AS11-40-5880 - Apollo 11 Hasselblad image from film magazine 40/S - EVA AS11-40-5903 - Apollo 11 Hasselblad image from film magazine 40/S - EVA AS11-40-5944 - 11 Hasselblad image from film magazine 40/S - EVA AS11-44-6550 - Apollo 11 Hasselblad image from film magazine 44/V - LM inspection, rendezvous
Listen to episodes of the Science Focus Podcast about the Moon Landing:
Apollo 12
AS12-46-6718 -Apollo 12 Hasselblad image from film magazine 46/Y - EVA-1 AS12-46-6755 - Apollo 12 Hasselblad image from film magazine 46/Y - EVA-1 AS12-47-6896 - Apollo 12 Hasselblad image from film magazine 47/V - EVA-1 AS12-49-7207 -Apollo 12 Hasselblad image from film magazine 49/Z - EVA-2 AS12-49-7278 - Apollo 12 Hasselblad image from film magazine 49/Z - EVA-2 AS12-55-8258 -Apollo 12 Hasselblad image from film magazine 55/EE - Orbital, Trans-Earth Coast
See more beautiful pictre galleries of space:
Apollo 13
AS13-59-8562 - Apollo 13 Hasselblad image from film magazine 59/R - Transfer from LM to CM; LM undocking prior to reentry AS13-62-8885 - Apollo 13 Hasselblad image from film magazine 62/JJ - Onboard AS13-62-9004 - Apollo 13 Hasselblad image from film magazine 62/JJ - Onboard
Listen to episodes of the Science Focus Podcast about space:
Apollo 14
AS14-64-9173 - Apollo 14 Hasselblad image from film magazine 64/LL - EVA-2 AS14-66-9304 - Apollo 14 Hasselblad image from film magazine 66/II - EVA-1 AS14-67-9385 - Apollo 14 Hasselblad image from film magazine 67/JJ - EVA-1 AS14-74-10206 - Apollo 14 Hasselblad image from film magazine 74/N - LM inspection AS14-75-10316 - (Processed) Apollo 14 Hasselblad image from film magazine 75/R - Lunar orbit
Read some of our lighter features about space:
Apollo 15
AS15-86-11602 -Apollo 15 Hasselblad image from film magazine 86/NN - EVA-1 & 2 AS15-86-11692 - Apollo 15 Hasselblad image from film magazine 86/NN - EVA-1 & 2 AS15-92-12450 -Apollo 15 Hasselblad image from film magazine 92/OO - EVA-2
More long reads about space:
Apollo 16
AS16-113-18339 - Apollo 16 Hasselblad image from film magazine 113/A - Orbit & Post-Ldg AS16-114-18388 - Apollo 16 Hasselblad image from film magazine 114/B (Color) EVA-1 & 2 AS16-117-18841 -Apollo 16 Hasselblad image from film magazine 117/F - EVA-3
Read more about the Moon landings from BBC Sky At Night Magazine :
Apollo 17
AS17-134-20387 - Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 134/B - EVA-1 & 3 AS17-134-20524 - Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 134/B - EVA-1 & 3 AS17-141-21600 - Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 141/L - EVA-3 AS17-145-22257 - Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 145/D - EVA-2, Post-EVA-3 & Orbit AS17-152-23273 -Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 152/PP - Lunar orbit, Transearth coast, SIM Bay EVA / film retrieval AS17-152-23393 -Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 152/PP - Lunar orbit, Transearth coast, SIM Bay EVA / film retrieval AS17-160-23996 -Apollo 17 35mm image from film magazine 160/YY - lunar orbit, onboard AS17-163-24119 -Apollo 17 35mm image from film magazine 163/TT - onboard AS17-163-24170 - Apollo 17 35mm image from film magazine 163/TT - onboard Follow Science Focus onTwitter ,Facebook , Instagram and Flipboard
