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   Photo ID:

   S69-39562   


   Program:

   Apollo   


   Mission:

   Apollo XI


   Date Taken:

   1969-07-20


   Film Type:

   70mm BW

Title:
Telecast of Astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin by the Lunar Module
Description:
Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong (in center) commander; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. (on right), lunar module pilot, are seen standing near their Lunar Module in this black and white reproduction taken from a telecast by the Apollo 11 lunar surface television camera during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. This picture was made from a televised image received at the Deep Space Network tracking station at Goldstone, California. President Richard M. Nixon had just spoken to the two astronauts by radio and Aldrin, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, is saluting the president.
Subject Terms:
APOLLO 11 APOLLO PROJECT ASTRONAUTS EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY LUNAR EXPLORATION LUNAR MODULE LUNAR SURFACE RECOGNITION TELEVISION TRANSMISSION
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