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Buzz Aldrin on the Moon
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar
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8/1/08
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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the Moon near the leg of the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA). Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera. |
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8/1/08 |
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Apollo 11 Bootprint
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Apollo 11 Bootprint |
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07.20.1969 |
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The bootprint marks one of the first steps human beings took on the Moon in July 1969. It was made by American astronaut Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11 mission. *Image Credit*: NASA |
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Aldrin Looks Back at Tranqui
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Aldrin Looks Back at Tranquility Base |
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Astronaut Edwin E."Buzz" Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module pilot, is photographed during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on the Moon. He has just deployed the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP). In the foreground is the Passive Seismic Experiment Package (PSEP), beyond it is the Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector (LR-3), in the center background is the United States flag, in the left background is the black and white lunar surface television camera, in the far right background is the Lunar Module "Eagle". Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera. |
| Date |
07/20/1969 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Aldrin Next to Solar Wind Ex
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Aldrin Next to Solar Wind Experiment |
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Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., Lunar Module pilot, is photographed during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. In the right background is the Lunar Module "Eagle." On Aldrin's right is the Solar Wind Composition (SWC) experiment already deployed. This photograph was taken by Neil A. Armstrong with a 70mm lunar surface camera. |
| Date |
07/20/1969 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Apollo 11 Astronauts and Apo
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Apollo 11 Astronauts and Apollo/Saturn V Space Vehicle |
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NASA's Apollo 11 flight crew, Neil A. Armstrong, commander, Michael Collins, command module pilot, and Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot stand near the Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle that would eventually carry them into space on July 16,1969. |
| Date |
05/20/1969 |
| NASA Center |
Kennedy Space Center |
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Apollo 11 bootprint
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Apollo 11 bootprint |
| Full Description |
One of the first steps taken on the Moon, this is an image of Buzz Aldrin's bootprint from the Apollo 11 mission. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon on July 20, 1969. |
| Date |
7/20/1969 |
| NASA Center |
Headquarters |
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Apollo 11 Crew Conduct Check
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Apollo 11 Crew Conduct Checks in the Command Module |
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The Apollo 11 crew conducting a crew compartment fit and functional check, of the equipment and storage locations, in their command module. Peering from the hatch are from left, Neil Armstrong, commander, Michael Collins, command module pilot, and Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot. Armstrong and Aldrin later conducted a similar check aboard the lunar module, which carried them down to the lunar surface on July 20, 1969. |
| Date |
06/10/1969 |
| NASA Center |
Kennedy Space Center |
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Neil Armstrong On The Moon
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Neil Armstrong On The Moon |
| Full Description |
Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo ll mission commander, at the modular equipment storage assembly (MESA) of the Lunar Module "Eagle" on the historic first extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. took the photograph with a Hasselblad 70mm camera. Most photos from the Apollo 11 mission show Buzz Aldrin. This is one of only a few that show Neil Armstrong (some of these are blurry). |
| Date |
07/20/1969 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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New York City Welcomes the A
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New York City Welcomes the Apollo 11 Astronauts |
| Full Description |
New York City welcomes the three Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin, Jr., in a showering of ticker tape down Broadway and Park Avenue, in a parade termed at the time as the largest in the city's history. |
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08/13/1969 |
| NASA Center |
Headquarters |
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Buzz Aldrin and the U.S. fla
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Buzz Aldrin and the U.S. flag on the Moon |
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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag during an Apollo 11 Extravehicular Activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. The Lunar Module (LM) is on the left, and the footprints of the astronauts are clearly visible in the soil of the Moon. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this picture with a 70mm Hasselblad lunar surface camera. While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the LM, the "Eagle", to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the Moon, astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia" in lunar-orbit. |
| Date |
7/20/1969 |
| NASA Center |
Headquarters |
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Buzz Aldrin on the Moon
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Buzz Aldrin on the Moon |
| Full Description |
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the Moon near the leg of the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" during the Apollo 11 exravehicular activity (EVA). Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera. While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the Moon, astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia" in lunar orbit. |
| Date |
7/20/1969 |
| NASA Center |
Headquarters |
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President Nixon and Dr. Pain
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President Nixon and Dr. Paine Wait to Meet Apollo 11 Astronauts |
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President Richard M. Nixon and Dr. Thomas O. Paine, NASA Administrator, watch Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin Jr., walk from the recovery helicopter to the Mobile Quarantine Facility aboard the U.S.S. Hornet. The President later congratulated the astronauts by microphone, speaking through a window of the quarantine trailer. During the eight-day space mission, Armstrong and Aldrin explored the Moon's surface and brought back rock samples for scientists to study. Collins piloted the command module in the lunar orbit during their 22-hour stay on the moon. The extravehicular activity lasted more than two hours. |
| Date |
07/24/1969 |
| NASA Center |
Kennedy Space Center |
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Chicago Welcomes the Apollo
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Chicago Welcomes the Apollo 11 Astronauts |
| Full Description |
The City of Chicago welcomes the three Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin, Jr. |
| Date |
08/13/1969 |
| NASA Center |
Headquarters |
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| Photo Description |
Members of the SOFIA infrared observatory support team gather around Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin (in red shirt) during Aldrin's tour of NASA Dryden. |
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Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin was honored by the Lancaster JetHawks Class A California League baseball team during their annual Aerospace Appreciation Night on Aug. 25, 2007. Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were the first two humans to set foot on the moon in 1969. Prior to his appearance at the baseball game, Aldrin toured NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, and was brought up to date on several of the major aeronautics, science and space research projects under way at the center by former Apollo-Soyuz and space shuttle astronaut Vance Brand, director of aerospace projects at NASA Dryden. |
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August 25, 2007 |
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Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin (left) and Apollo-Soyuz and space shuttle astronaut Vance Brand discuss Dryden's work on an Orion fit-check crew module mockup. |
| Project Description |
Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin was honored by the Lancaster JetHawks Class A California League baseball team during their annual Aerospace Appreciation Night on Aug. 25, 2007. Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were the first two humans to set foot on the moon in 1969. Prior to his appearance at the baseball game, Aldrin toured NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, and was brought up to date on several of the major aeronautics, science and space research projects under way at the center by former Apollo-Soyuz and space shuttle astronaut Vance Brand, director of aerospace projects at NASA Dryden. |
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August 25, 2007 |
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Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin autographs NASA Dryden's F-16XL research aircraft, as his crewmate Neil Armstrong had previously done on the other side. |
| Project Description |
Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin was honored by the Lancaster JetHawks Class A California League baseball team during their annual Aerospace Appreciation Night on Aug. 25, 2007. Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were the first two humans to set foot on the moon in 1969. Prior to his appearance at the baseball game, Aldrin toured NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, and was brought up to date on several of the major aeronautics, science and space research projects under way at the center by former Apollo-Soyuz and space shuttle astronaut Vance Brand, director of aerospace projects at NASA Dryden. |
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August 25, 2007 |
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Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin tries out the control station for the X-48B Blended Wing Body unmanned subscale demonstrator during a tour of NASA Dryden. |
| Project Description |
Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin was honored by the Lancaster JetHawks Class A California League baseball team during their annual Aerospace Appreciation Night on Aug. 25, 2007. Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were the first two humans to set foot on the moon in 1969. Prior to his appearance at the baseball game, Aldrin toured NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, and was brought up to date on several of the major aeronautics, science and space research projects under way at the center by former Apollo-Soyuz and space shuttle astronaut Vance Brand, director of aerospace projects at NASA Dryden. |
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August 25, 2007 |
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Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin and tour guide Mary Ann Harness check out models of the Ares 1 and Ares 5 space vehicles during Aldrin's tour of NASA Dryden. |
| Project Description |
Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin was honored by the Lancaster JetHawks Class A California League baseball team during their annual Aerospace Appreciation Night on Aug. 25, 2007. Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were the first two humans to set foot on the moon in 1969. Prior to his appearance at the baseball game, Aldrin toured NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, and was brought up to date on several of the major aeronautics, science and space research projects under way at the center by former Apollo-Soyuz and space shuttle astronaut Vance Brand, director of aerospace projects at NASA Dryden. |
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August 25, 2007 |
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Moon after trans earth injec
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Moon after trans earth injection - Apollo 11 |
| Date of Image |
1969-08-01 |
| Full Description |
On July 21, 1969, only days after walking on the Moon's surface, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin leave lunar orbit and begin the journey back to the space ship Columbia and its return to Earth. As they leave the Moon's orbit, a look back gives them a new perspective of where they were and where man's future lies. This was their final sight of the moon before they began docking procedures with Columbia. |
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AS-506 Launch
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AS-506 Launch |
| Date of Image |
1969-07-16 |
| Full Description |
AS-506 lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center July 16, 1969. This sixth flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle, developed under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center, delivered astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins to lunar orbit. Better known as Apollo 11, the mission marked the first manned lunar landing. |
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Casting Footprints for Etern
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Casting Footprints for Eternity |
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1999-07-17 |
| Full Description |
Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin has his footprints casted during the dedication ceremony of the rocket fountain at Building 4200 at Marshall Space Flight Center. The casts of Aldrin's footprints will be placed in the newly constructed Von Braun courtyard representing the accomplishments of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. |
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30th Arniversary Press Confe
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30th Arniversary Press Conference |
| Date of Image |
1999-07-18 |
| Full Description |
Marking the occasion of the Apollo 11 30th Anniversary, members of the Apollo and Saturn astronaut programs attended festivities at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL. A press conference was held at the U. S. Space and Rocket Center for the visiting astronauts. Pictured are (L/R): Edgar Mitchell, Walt Cunningham, Charlie Duke, Buzz Aldrin, Dick Gordon and Owen Garriott. |
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Dedication Ceremony
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Dedication Ceremony |
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1999-07-16 |
| Full Description |
Alabama Governor Don Seigleman cuts the ribbon marking the dedication of the Saturn V rocket replica that was constructed at the U. S. Space and Rocket Center in honor of the 30th arniversary of the lunar landing. Accompanying the Governor are (L/R): Mike Wing, CEO US Space Rocket Center, Mike Gillespie, Madison County Commissioner, Dist. Seven, Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 Astronaut, Governor Seigleman, Walt Cunningham, Apollo 7 Astronaut, Dick Gordon, Apollo 12 Astronaut, Ed Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut, Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 Astronaut, and Owen Garriott, Skylab 3 Astronaut. |
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Lunar Landing Re-enactment
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Lunar Landing Re-enactment |
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1999-07-18 |
| Full Description |
The re-enactment of astronaut Neil Armstrong's first steps off the lunar lander provided quite the occasion for many of the on-lookers at the U. S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL, during the celebration of the 30th arniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. The celebration in Huntsville lasted over the weekend with visitors including Buzz Aldrin and other Apollo astronauts. |
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Quarantined Apollo 11 Astron
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Quarantined Apollo 11 Astronaut Aldrin Speaks With Wife Joan |
| Date of Image |
1969-07-27 |
| Full Description |
The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. Aboard the space craft were astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander, Michael Collins, Command Module (CM) pilot, and Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module (LM) pilot. The CM, piloted by Michael Collins remained in a parking orbit around the Moon while the LM, named ?Eagle??, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, landed on the Moon. During 2½ hours of surface exploration, the crew collected 47 pounds of lunar surface material for analysis back on Earth. The recovery operation took place in the Pacific Ocean where Navy para-rescue men recovered the capsule housing the 3-man Apollo 11 crew. The crew was airlifted to safety aboard the U.S.S. Hornet, where they were quartered in a Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) which served as their home until they reached the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) Lunar Receiving Laboratory in Houston, Texas. On arrival at Ellington Air Force base near the MSC, the crew, still under a 21 day quarantine in the MQF, were greeted by their wives. Pictured here is Joan Aldrin, wife of Buzz Aldrin, speaking with her husband via telephone patch. |
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Moonquakes Surprisingly Comm
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Moonquakes Surprisingly Common |
| Explanation |
Why are there so many moonquakes? A recent reanalysis of seismometers [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismometer ] left on the moon by the Apollo moon landings [ http://history.nasa.gov/ap11ann/introduction.htm ] has revealed a surprising number of moonquakes occurring within 30 kilometers of the surface. In fact, 28 moonquakes [ http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2005AGUFM.P51A0915N ] were detected in data recorded between 1972 and 1977. These moonquakes [ http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/15mar_moonquakes.htm ] were not only strong enough to move furniture [ http://www.maltwood.uvic.ca/hoft/timeline.html ] but the stiff rock of the moon continued vibrating for many minutes, significantly longer than the soft rock earthquakes [ http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/outreach/understanding/elastic/intro-rebound.html ] on Earth. The cause of the moonquakes remains unknown, with one hypothesis holding that landslides [ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/glossary.php?termID=105&alpha=L ] in craters cause the vibrations. Regardless of the source, future moon buildings [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/vision/lunar/ndxpage1.html ] need to be built to withstand the frequent shakings. Pictured above [ http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001102.html ] in 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_Aldrin ] stands besides a recently deployed lunar seismometer [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/Apollo15/A15_Experiments_PSE.html ], looking back toward the lunar landing module [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030920.html ]. |
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Apollo 17 Lunarscape: A Magn
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Apollo 17 Lunarscape: A Magnificent Desolation |
| Explanation |
Buzz Aldrin [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11.crew.html#buzzbio ], Apollo 11 Lunar Module pilot and the second human to walk on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950922.html ], described the lunar landscape as "a magnificent desolation". Dramatic pictures from the Apollo missions to the lunar surface [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ ] testify to this apt turn of phrase. Near the Apollo 17 landing site, Family Mountain (center background) and the edge of South Massif (left) frame the lunarscape in this photo [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/AS17/ 10075963.htm ] of astronaut Harrison Schmitt [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/ a17.crew.html#jackbio ] working alongside the lunar roving vehicle [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990701.html ]. Schmitt and fellow astronaut Eugene Cernan [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/ a17.crew.html#genebio ] were the last to walk on [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000617.html ] this magnificent desolation. |
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Standing on the Moon
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Standing on the Moon |
| Explanation |
Pictured, the second person to walk on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950903.html ]: Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. During this Apollo 11 [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-11/apollo-11.html ] mission, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon while Michael Collins circled in the Command Module above. The lunar team erected a plaque on the surface that reads: HERE MEN FROM THE PLANET EARTH, FIRST SET FOOT UPON THE MOON JULY 1969 A.D., WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND. The Apollo missions [ http://ees5-www.lanl.gov/APOLLO/ ] demonstrated that it is possible to land humans on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950921.html ] and return them safely. |
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Footprints on Another World
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Footprints on Another World |
| Explanation |
On July 20th, 1969 [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap11ann/ introduction.htm ], humans first set foot on the Moon [ http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/ luna.html ]. Taken from a window of their Apollo 11 lunar module, the Eagle, this picture shows the footprints in the powdery lunar soil [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011110.html ] made by astronauts Neil Armstrong [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap11ann/ kippsphotos/5528.jpg ] and Buzz Aldrin [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap11ann/ kippsphotos/5390.jpg ]. It has been estimated that one billion people on planet Earth watched [ http://guinan.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/videos/ historical.html ] Armstrong step from the lander onto the surface of another world [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ ], making this live transmission one of the highest rated television shows ever. In the foreground at right, a rocket nozzle on the side of the Eagle is seen in silhouette, while beyond an unfurled United States [ http://aesp.nasa.okstate.edu/fieldguide/ ] flag is the television camera, remounted on a stand to better view the landing area. The Apollo missions [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo.html ] to the Moon have been described as the result of the greatest technological mobilization in history [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ ]. |
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Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun
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Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun |
| Explanation |
Bright sunlight [ http://www.clavius.org/index.html ] glints and long dark shadows dramatize [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000224.html ] this image of the lunar surface [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11j.html ] taken by Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first to walk on the Moon [ http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/expmoon/lunar_missions.html ]. Pictured is the mission's lunar module, the Eagle, and spacesuited lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin unfurling [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020720.html ] a long sheet of foil also known as the Solar Wind Collector [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/Apollo11/ A11_Experiments_SWC.html ]. Exposed facing the Sun, the foil trapped atoms streaming outward in the solar wind, ultimately catching a sample of material from the Sun [ http://www.genesismission.org/index.html ] itself. Along with moon rocks and lunar soil samples, the solar wind collector was returned for analysis [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ SP-4214/ch9-6.html ] in earthbound laboratories. |
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Apollo 17 Lunarscape: A Magn
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| Title |
Apollo 17 Lunarscape: A Magnificent Desolation |
| Explanation |
Buzz Aldrin [ http://ees5-www.lanl.gov/APOLLO/a11.crew.html#buzzbio ], Apollo 11 Lunar Module pilot and the second human to walk on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950922.html ] described the lunar landscape as "a magnificent desolation". Dramatic pictures from the Apollo missions to the moon's surface [ http://ees5-www.lanl.gov/APOLLO/ ] testify to this apt turn of phrase. Near the Apollo 17 landing site, Family Mountain (center background) and the edge of South Massif (left) frame the lunarscape in this photo [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/AS17/10075963.htm ] of astronaut Harrison Schmitt [ http://ees5-www.lanl.gov/APOLLO/a17.crew.html#jackbio ] working alongside the lunar roving vehicle [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960223.html ]. Schmitt and fellow astronaut Eugene Cernan [ http://ees5-www.lanl.gov/APOLLO/a17.crew.html#genebio ] were the last to walk on [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950909.html ] this magnificent desolation. |
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Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun
| Title |
Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun |
| Explanation |
Bright sunlight [ http://www.clavius.org/index.html ] glints and long dark shadows dramatize [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000224.html ] this image of the lunar surface [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11j.html ] taken by Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first to walk on the Moon [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/moon.html ]. Pictured is the mission's lunar module, the Eagle, and spacesuited lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin unfurling [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020720.html ] a long sheet of foil also known as the Solar Wind Collector [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/Apollo11/ A11_Experiments_SWC.html ]. Exposed facing the Sun, the foil trapped atoms streaming outward in the solar wind, ultimately catching a sample of material from the Sun [ http://www.genesismission.org/science/module4_solarmax/ index.html ] itself. Along with moon rocks and lunar soil samples, the solar wind collector was returned for analysis in earthbound laboratories [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4214/ ch9-6.html ]. |
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Standing on the Moon
| Title |
Standing on the Moon |
| Explanation |
Humans once walked on the Moon. Pictured above is the second person to stand on the lunar surface: Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. During this Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong (the first person to walk on the moon) and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon while Michael Collins circled in the Command Module above. The lunar team erected a plaque on the surface that reads: HERE MEN FROM THE PLANET EARTH FIRST SET FOOT UPON THE MOON JULY 1969 A.D. WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND. The Apollo missions demonstrated that it is possible to land humans on the Moon and return them safely. |
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| General Description |
S69-31743 (JULY 1969) --- EDWIN E. ALDRIN, JR. astronaut. Aldrin was lunar module pilot of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. He now goes by Buzz Aldrin. |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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| Description |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- John F. Kennedy Jr., editor-in-chief of George Magazine, speaks with members of the national media at the Home Box Office (HBO) and Imagine Entertainment premiere of the 12-part miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon" at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The series was filmed in part on location at KSC and dramatizes the human aspects of NASA's efforts to launch Americans to the Moon. The miniseries highlights NASA's Apollo program and the events leading up to and including the six successful missions to the Moon. A special 500-seat theater was constructed next to the Apollo/Saturn V Center for the KSC premiere showing. Speakers at the event included KSC Director Roy Bridges (at right), Jeff Bewkes, chairman and CEO for HBO, and John F. Kennedy Jr. Also attending the event, which featured the episode entitled "1968," were Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 astronaut, and Al Worden, Apollo 15 astronaut. The original miniseries event, created for HBO by actor Tom Hanks and Imagine Entertainment, will premiere on HBO beginning April 5, 1998 |
| Release Date |
03/25/1998 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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| Description |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- John F. Kennedy Jr., editor-in-chief of George Magazine, greets invited guests at the Home Box Office (HBO) and Imagine Entertainment premiere of the 12-part miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon" at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The series was filmed in part on location at KSC and dramatizes the human aspects of NASA's efforts to launch Americans to the Moon. The miniseries highlights NASA's Apollo program and the events leading up to and including the six successful missions to the Moon. A special 500-seat theater was constructed next to the Apollo/Saturn V Center for the KSC premiere showing. Speakers at the event included KSC Director Roy Bridges (at right), Jeff Bewkes, chairman and CEO for HBO, and John F. Kennedy Jr. Also attending the event, which featured the episode entitled "1968," were Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 astronaut, and Al Worden, Apollo 15 astronaut. The original miniseries event, created for HBO by actor Tom Hanks and Imagine Entertainment, will premiere on HBO beginning April 5, 1998 |
| Release Date |
03/25/1998 |
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APOLLO 11 - ASTRONAUT BUZZ A
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APOLLO 11 - ASTRONAUT BUZZ ALDRIN DEPLOYING THE PASSIVE SEISMIC EXPERIMENTS PACKAGE PSEP ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON |
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