Astronauts who went on the Apollo Moon missions were equipped with a Swedish-made Hasselblad camera . Now, many of these photos have been made freely available via the Flickr account Project 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 1
AS07-3-1542 AS07-3-1542 - Apollo 7 Hasselblad image from film magazine 3/M - Earth Orbit
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AS07-4-1584 AS07-4-1584 - Apollo 7 Hasselblad image from film magazine 4/N - Earth Orbit
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AS07-4-1596 AS07-4-1596 - Apollo 7 Hasselblad image from film magazine 4/N - Earth Orbit
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AS07-4-1600 AS07-4-1600 - Apollo 7 Hasselblad image from film magazine 4/N - Earth Orbit
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AS07-4-1602 AS07-4-1602 - Apollo 7 Hasselblad image from film magazine 4/N - Earth Orbit
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AS07-11-2000 AS07-11-2000 - Apollo 7 Hasselblad image from film magazine 11/P - Earth Orbit
Read more about the history of space exploration:
Apollo 8 7
AS08-13-2329 AS08-13-2329 - Apollo 8 Hasselblad image from film magazine 13/E - Lunar Orbit, Trans-Earth Coast
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AS08-16-2583 AS08-16-2583 - Apollo 8 Hasselblad image from film magazine 16/A - Trans-Lunar Coast, Lunar Orbit
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AS08-16-2628 AS08-16-2628 - Apollo 8 Hasselblad image from film magazine 16/A - Trans-Lunar Coast, Lunar Orbit
Late astronauts' lives in pictures:
Apollo 9 10
AS09-20-3069 AS09-20-3069 - Apollo 9 Hasselblad image from film magazine 20/E - Earth orbit, EVA
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AS09-20-3079 AS09-20-3079 - Apollo 9 Hasselblad image from film magazine 20/E - Earth orbit, EVA
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AS09-20-3175 AS09-20-3175 - Apollo 9 Hasselblad image from film magazine 20/E - Earth orbit, EVA
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AS09-21-3207 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 14
AS10-34-5091 AS10-34-5091 - Apollo 10 Hasselblad image from film magazine 34/M - LM extraction, Lunar orbit, LM undocking & return
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AS10-35-5249 AS10-35-5249 - Apollo 10 Hasselblad image from film magazine 35/U - Lunar Orbit, Trans-Earth Coast
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AS10-34-5026 AS10-34-5026 - Apollo 10 Hasselblad image from film magazine 34/M - LM extraction, Lunar orbit, LM undocking & return
Apollo 11 17
AS11-36-5293 AS11-36-5293 - Apollo 11 Hasselblad image from film magazine 36/N - Trans-Lunar
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AS11-40-5880 AS11-40-5880 - Apollo 11 Hasselblad image from film magazine 40/S - EVA
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AS11-40-5903 AS11-40-5903 - Apollo 11 Hasselblad image from film magazine 40/S - EVA
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AS11-40-5944 AS11-40-5944 - 11 Hasselblad image from film magazine 40/S - EVA
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AS11-44-6550 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 22
AS12-46-6718 AS12-46-6718 - Apollo 12 Hasselblad image from film magazine 46/Y - EVA-1
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AS12-46-6755 AS12-46-6755 - Apollo 12 Hasselblad image from film magazine 46/Y - EVA-1
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AS12-47-6896 AS12-47-6896 - Apollo 12 Hasselblad image from film magazine 47/V - EVA-1
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AS12-49-7207 AS12-49-7207 - Apollo 12 Hasselblad image from film magazine 49/Z - EVA-2
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AS12-49-7278 AS12-49-7278 - Apollo 12 Hasselblad image from film magazine 49/Z - EVA-2
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AS12-55-8258 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 28
AS13-59-8562 AS13-59-8562 - Apollo 13 Hasselblad image from film magazine 59/R - Transfer from LM to CM; LM undocking prior to reentry
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AS13-62-8885 AS13-62-8885 - Apollo 13 Hasselblad image from film magazine 62/JJ - Onboard
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AS13-62-9004 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 31
AS14-64-9173 AS14-64-9173 - Apollo 14 Hasselblad image from film magazine 64/LL - EVA-2
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AS14-66-9304 AS14-66-9304 - Apollo 14 Hasselblad image from film magazine 66/II - EVA-1
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AS14-67-9385 AS14-67-9385 - Apollo 14 Hasselblad image from film magazine 67/JJ - EVA-1
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AS14-74-10206 AS14-74-10206 - Apollo 14 Hasselblad image from film magazine 74/N - LM inspection
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AS14-75-10316 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 36
AS15-86-11602 AS15-86-11602 - Apollo 15 Hasselblad image from film magazine 86/NN - EVA-1 & 2
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AS15-86-11692 AS15-86-11692 - Apollo 15 Hasselblad image from film magazine 86/NN - EVA-1 & 2
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AS15-92-12450 AS15-92-12450 - Apollo 15 Hasselblad image from film magazine 92/OO - EVA-2
More long reads about space:
Apollo 16 39
AS16-113-18339 AS16-113-18339 - Apollo 16 Hasselblad image from film magazine 113/A - Orbit & Post-Ldg
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AS16-114-18388 AS16-114-18388 - Apollo 16 Hasselblad image from film magazine 114/B (Color) EVA-1 & 2
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AS16-117-18841 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 42
AS17-134-20387 AS17-134-20387 - Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 134/B - EVA-1 & 3
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AS17-134-20524 AS17-134-20524 - Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 134/B - EVA-1 & 3
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AS17-141-21600 AS17-141-21600 - Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 141/L - EVA-3
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AS17-145-22257 AS17-145-22257 - Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 145/D - EVA-2, Post-EVA-3 & Orbit
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AS17-152-23273 AS17-152-23273 - Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 152/PP - Lunar orbit, Transearth coast, SIM Bay EVA / film retrieval
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AS17-152-23393 AS17-152-23393 - Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 152/PP - Lunar orbit, Transearth coast, SIM Bay EVA / film retrieval
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AS17-160-23996 AS17-160-23996 - Apollo 17 35mm image from film magazine 160/YY - lunar orbit, onboard
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AS17-163-24119 AS17-163-24119 - Apollo 17 35mm image from film magazine 163/TT - onboard
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AS17-163-24170 AS17-163-24170 - Apollo 17 35mm image from film magazine 163/TT - onboard
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