NASA Apollo 11 Mission Team
NASA’S HISTORIC APOLLO 11 MISSION—manned by astronauts Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, and commander Neil Armstrong—departed earth on July 16, 1969, and landed on the moon four days later, near the Sea of Tranquility, while 500 million people watched on television. Armstrong and Aldrin spent two and a half hours exploring the surface of the moon, collecting samples, and taking photographs.
The camera they used was a 70mm lunar surface camera, designed specifically for the event. During the mission, nine magazines of 70mm film were exposed, providing panoramic views of the surface near the lunar module and allowing detailed topographic mapping of the lunar surface. Most of the photographs were taken by Armstrong, with Aldrin assisting in some cases.
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NASA Apollo Mission Team | “Tranquility Base and flag from lunar module window”
NASA Apollo 11 Mission Team | “Aldrin near the north footpad”
NASA Apollo 11 Mission Team | “Aldrin descends lunar module ladder“
NASA Apollo Mission Team | “Lunar module ascent stage and earth overhead”
NASA Apollo Mission Team | “Command and service module over Sinus Successus, eastern Mare Fecunditatis”
NASA Apollo Mission Team | “Aldrin deploys the passive seismic experiment”
NASA Apollo Mission Team | “Solar wind experiment with Armstrong on the left”
NASA Apollo Mission Team | “Lunar module pilot Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin”
NASA Apollo Mission Team | “Aldrin standing next to the flag”
NASA Apollo Mission Team | “Aldrin removing science packages from the modular equipment stowage assembly”
NASA Apollo Mission Team | “Aldrin removing science packages from the modular equipment stowage assembly”
NASA Apollo Mission Team | “Ladder and plaque”
NASA Apollo Mission Team | “Lunar module descent stage”
NASA Apollo Mission Team | “Earth during translunar coast using 250-mm lens”
NASA Apollo Mission Team | “Aldrin standing next to solar wind experiment”
NASA Apollo Mission Team | “Close-up of the lunar module east footpad”
NASA Apollo Mission Team | “Aldrin driving in core tube”
NASA Apollo Mission Team | “Part of Aldrin's panorama north of the lunar module”
NASA Apollo Mission Team | “Lunar module from East Crater (Little West Crater)”

























