Every so often, Hasselblad takes to its YouTube channel to showcase a legendary product from its distant past. The latest classic camera to get the modern video treatment is an absolute beauty, the Hasselblad 500 EL/M “20 Years in Space” edition. Released way back in 1982, it is arguably Hasselblad’s coolest camera ever. These days, Nikon is getting a lot of NASA love thanks to its versatile, highly performant SLR, DSLR, and now mirrorless cameras. But before Nikon, NASA used Hasselblad cameras, including to capture some of the most iconic and important space photos in history. The original “Earthrise” photo was taken by Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders using a Hasselblad 500 EL 6×6 medium-format SLR. Apollo 8’s iconic ‘Earthrise’ photo | Credit: NASA / Bill Anders The famous photos of humanity’s first steps on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 were captured on Hasselblad cameras. Apollo astronauts continued to use Hasselblad cameras throughout the rest of the Apollo missions.…