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
Buzz Aldrin on the Moon
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar
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8/1/08
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 extravehicular activity (EVA). Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera.
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8/1/08
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.
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.
Casting Footprints for Etern
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Casting Footprints for Eternity
Date of Image
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.
Components of the Early Apol
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Components of the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP)
Description
Two components of the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP) are seen deployed on the lunar surface in this view photographed from inside the Lunar Module. In the far background is the Passive Seismic Experiment Package (PSEP), and to the right and closer to the camera is the Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector (LR-3). The footprints of Apollo 11 Astronauts Neil A Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. are very distinct in the lunar soil.
Date Taken
1969-07-20
Apollo 11 lunar surface pano
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Apollo 11 lunar surface panoramic views
Description
These panoramic views of the lunar surface, photographed from the Apollo 13 Lunar Module (LM) as it rested on the lunar surface, reveal the surface near where the LM touched down in the southeastern Sea of Tranquility as it looked before and after Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin participated in extravehicular activity (EVA). The United States flag is pictured in the bottom or "after" photo, with the black and white lunar surface television camera pictured at right of flag. Shadows of the LM are visible in the two panormaic views and a silhouette of part of a Reaction Control Subsystem thruster is seen in the bottom picture. Note the various footprints made by the two crewmen during their EVA period.
Date Taken
1969-07-20
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/ ].
Flag of the U.S. deployed on
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Flag of the U.S. deployed on surface of the Moon
Description
The flag of the United States, deployed on the surface of the Moon, dominates this photograph taken from inside the Lunar Module. The footprints of Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. stand out clearly. In the far background is the deployed black and white lunar surface television camera which televised the Apollo 11 lunar surface extravehicular activity.
Date Taken
1969-07-20
Apollo 11 Mission image - As
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Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin,Lu
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07/21/69
Astronaut Edwin Aldrin walks
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Astronaut Edwin Aldrin walks on lunar surface near leg of Lunar Module
Description
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, faces the camera as he walks on the Moon during Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. The plexiglass of his helmet reflects back the scene in front of him, such as the Lunar Module and Astronaut Armstrong taking his picuture. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera. The astronauts footprints are clearly visible in the foreground.
Date Taken
1969-07-20
Astronaut Edwin Aldrin walks
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Astronaut Edwin Aldrin walks on lunar surface near leg of Lunar Module
Description
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, walks on the Moon near a leg of the Lunar Module during Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera. The astronauts footprints are clearly visible in the foreground.
Date Taken
1969-07-20
Close-up view of astronauts
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Close-up view of astronauts foot and footprint in lunar soil
Description
Close-up view of an astronaut's footprint in the lunar soil photographed with a 70mm lunar surface camera during the Apollo 11 extravehicular acitivty on the moon.
Date Taken
1969-07-20
Shadow of the Apollo 11 Luna
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Shadow of the Apollo 11 Lunar module silhouetted against Moon's surface
Description
The black shadow of the Apollo 11 Lunar module is silhouetted against the Moon's surface in this photograph taken from inside the lunar module. The lunar surface extravehicular activity of Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. was conducted on July 20, 1969. Impressions in the lunar soil made by the lunar boots of the two astronauts are clearly visible.
Date Taken
1969-07-20
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