An original 10x8" vintage photo from a very large collection of fascinating and rare original NASA press photographs that originated from a NASA employee in the photo lab or press office at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. A number of the images from this collection appear to be one of a kind or used internally only. This is an original print on Kodak paper. Professionally packaged in a rigid mailer for safe delivery.

Photo Overview

Astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. stands on the lunar surface at Tranquility Base during Apollo 11’s first moonwalk, gazing at the newly planted United States flag while the leg of Lunar Module “Eagle” looms at left and crisp boot-prints fill the foreground. Captured on 20 July 1969 by mission commander Neil Armstrong with a 70 mm Hasselblad camera, this original NASA 8x10 glossy (AS11-40-5875) bears the classic white top border with NASA/LBJ Space Center identifications.

Apollo 11 achieved humanity’s first crewed lunar landing, fulfilling President Kennedy’s goal and inspiring generations toward space exploration. Aldrin became the second human to walk on the Moon, and the flag he saluted is now preserved at the Smithsonian. Authentic mission-dated prints such as this were distributed in very limited numbers—secure this iconic piece of history before it disappears into a museum or private collection.

Text Present

FRONT (top border)
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
AS11-40-5875
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston Texas 77058

BACK
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Houston, Texas 77058
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20 JULY 1969?as11-40-5875
MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS
APOLLO 11 EVA -- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag during Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on the lunar surface. The Lunar Module "Eagle" is on the left. 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.
PHOTO CREDIT: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Condition: In very good to excellent vintage condition. Photos in this archive have been well taken care of. Please see scans of the image we have provided for the most accurate and complete state of the photo.

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