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Subject: [Leica] Re: 1st camera in outer space
From: creativevisions at verizon.net (Michael J Herring)
Date: Thu May 12 17:48:17 2005
References: <NEBBJDFBIKOBILIKPPBNEEDKBPAB.red735i@earthlink.net> <4282815F.A3965F1F@hale-pohaku.com> <42828B01.7090708@gmx.de>

It was a Minolta Himatic 7.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp@gmx.de>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 6:45 PM
Subject: [Leica] Re: 1st camera in outer space


> "Edge" of space or earth orbit?
>
> 20th February 1962, Friendship 7. Piloted by John H. Glenn who used a
> Minolta
> Ansco Autoset (Hi-matic).
> Cheers
> Douglas
>
> Dennis Painter wrote:
>> Too tight? Think Minox III ;-)
>>
>>
>> Frank Filippone wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Very correct.  The first camera to be brought up in space on an X15 was
>>>probably a very top secret thingie, still classified!
>>>
>>>Honestly, I think the X15 cockpit is too tight to squeeze in anything
>>>superfluous.  I suspect this will actually be a Mercury
discussion.......
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) (1st camera in outer space - was Re: [Leica] Got me a 42 megapixelLeica Digital)
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Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] Re: 1st camera in outer space)