Hasselblad I?In July 1966, Michael Collins was selected to pilot NASA's three-day Gemini 10 mission. While the mission (to rendezvous and dock with an orbiting Agena rocket) was a success, Collins did make a minor blunder: during his historic space walk, he dropped a Swedish-made Hasselblad camera.
Back on earth, the astronaut was amused to learn that the Swedes had begun to refer to the camera as their country's first satellite.
[Twenty percent of all road accidents in Sweden involve a moose.]
[Trivia: Coors once ran an advertising campaign encouraging drinkers to "Get Loose." The slogan was mistranslated into Swedish - as "Get loose motions with Coors Beer."]
Collins, Michael (1930- ) Italian-born American astronaut [noted for his role (as pilot of the Command Module) during the Apollo 11 mission which landed on the moon on July 20, 1969]
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