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In 1969, millions of people around the world sat anxiously in front of their televisions as Neil Armstrong took the first steps on the moon. The crew of Apollo 11 used a lens from Carl Zeiss to take the first pictures from the Sea of Tranquility.
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The dark side of the moon
The moon landing was not the only time that NASA relied on technology from Carl Zeiss:
With the PlanarŪ 1:0, 7/50 mm, Carl Zeiss developed and built the most powerful lens in the world. It made it possible to take pictures of the dark side of the moon for the first time. |
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