Apollo 11 Image Library

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NASA photos reproduced from this archive should include photo credit to "NASA" or "National Aeronautics and Space Administration" and should include scanning credit to the appropriate individuals or agencies as noted in the captions.

Many of the scans of photos taken during the missions were done from the original film. These scans are being done by NASA Johnson, with some post-processing by Kipp Teague. The film is scanned at 4096 x 4096 pixels per image. Kipp reduces each digital image to approximately 2350 x 2350 pixels (equivalent to 300 dpi) and does minor adjustments of levels to ensure that (1) brightly lit areas of lunar soil are neutral grey, (2) objects with known colors (such as the CDR stripes or the LCRU blankets) look right, and (3) information in bright or dark areas is not lost. These images from original film are indicated by the notation 'OF300' in the image description. In each case, a 900 x 900 pixel version is also provided.

For those interested in the subject of Apollo Photography and the Color of the Moon, see a brief discussion written for the ALSJ by Michael Light.

This Apollo 11 Image Library contains all of the pictures taken on the lunar surface by the astronauts together with pictures from pre-flight training and pictures of equipment and the flight hardware. High-resolution version of all the lunar surface images are included. A source for both thumbnail and low -resolution versions of the lunar surface images is a website compiled by Paul Spudis and colleagues at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston.

Descriptions of the cameras, film and general contents of the various magazines used during Apollo 11 can be found in National Space Science Data Center Report NSSDC 70-06, Apollo 11 Lunar Photography, issued April 1970.

Sections:

• Landing Site Maps/Images
• Assembled Panoramas
• Pre-Flight Suit Images
• Crew and Equipment Pre-Flight
• Vehicle Assembly, Transport, and Checkout on the Launch Pad
• Saturn V Launch
• Mission Support Photos
• Mission Photos by Magazine Number
• Magazine 36/N (Color) Translunar Coast and Lunar Orbit
• Magazine 37/R (Color) Lunar Orbit and Lunar Surface out LM Windows
• Magazine 38/O (Color) Lunar Farside
• Magazine 39/Q (B & W) Lunar Surface out LM Windows
• Magazine 40/S (Color) Lunar Surface
• Magazine 41/P (B & W) Lunar Orbit
• Magazine 42/U (B & W) Lunar Orbit
• Magazine 43/T (B & W) Lunar Orbit
• Magazine 44/V (Color) Lunar Orbit
• Magazine 45/W (Color) Apollo Lunar Surface Close-up Camera
• Recovery and Post-Flight Photos
• Mission Report Figures
• Preliminary Science Report Figures

Apollo 11 Landing Site : Telescopic Images by Ulli and Christian "Pete" Lotzmann

Apollo 11 ESA Smart-1 Image ( 68k )

ESA caption: "This image, taken by the advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESAÕs SMART-1 spacecraft, shows the Apollo 11 landing site in the Mare Tranquillitatis on the Moon. AMIE obtained the image on 5 February 2006 from a distance of 1764 kilometers from the surface, with a ground resolution of 159 meters per pixel. The imaged area is centered at a longitude of 23.9 degrees East close to the Moon equator, at 1.7 degrees latitude. The area is close to crater Moltke (outside the field of view of this image) in the Mare Tranquillitatis. The arrow shows the landing site of Apollo 11, where the first men from Earth set foot on another object in our solar system on 20 July 1969. The two prominent craters nearby are named after two of the Apollo 11 astronauts. The first man on the Moon, Armstrong, has a crater named after him outside the field of this image. Credits: ESA/Space-X (Space Exploration Institute)"

The Apollo Zone of Interest spanned the Lunar Nearside between latitudes 5 S and 5 N. Eight subregions are labelled and searches for suitable landing site were made in high-resolution imagery of each area, primarily from Lunar Orbiters II and III. The eventual Apollo 11 site is in area IIP-6.

This later map shows five regions, each of which contains one of the five possible Apollo Landing Sites considered for the first landing. These sites were numbered, from east to west, ALS-1 to ALS-5. The eventual Apollo 11 landing site is ALS-2 and is within region IIP-6. Don Wilhelms's book, To a Rocky Moon, contains a wealth of information about site selection. Data from the first three Lunar Orbiter missions are discussed in pages 150-161; and selection of the Apollo 11 site is discussed in pages 188-191.

This flown map shows the proposed landing ellipse and has three hand-drawn, rough ovals in the southwestern quadrant, possibly areas examined by the Apollo 10 crew in one or more passes over the site. Ulli Lotzmann provides a version with the actual Apollo 11 landing site marked ( 90k ).

Lunar Orbiter II frame 2084 from the Lunar and Planetary Institute's Lunar orbiter Photo Gallery, with an arrow added to indicate West Crater.

Lunar Orbiter II frame 5076 from the USGS Astrogeology Research Program's Lunar Orbiter Digitization Project. Eric Nelson has marked the location of the LM and East/Little West Crater.

Jim Scotti has provided a cropped version showing West Crater and the landing site. René and Jonathan Cantin have created a film of the Apollo 11 Final Approach ( 10 Mb, wmv ) that is a side-by-side composite of the landing film and LO 5076_h3, with a number of craters matched up in the two views.

This image was taken on 26 December 2007 with the multi-band imager on-board Japan's lunar orbiting spacecraft. North is at the top. The image was provided from the Japanese language version of the Kaguya Image Gallery by ALSJ Contributor Hiroyasu Hayashi. A labeled version shows both Cat's Paw and West Crater. Eagle landed just west of West Crater in an area which, in this Kaguya image, is relatively bright. High-resolution photographs of the Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17 landing sites taken with the Pan Camera flown in the Service Module's Sim Bay on each of those missions show a bright area around each of the LMs, with the lighter albedo probably due to sweeping of the surface by the descent engine. Journal Contributor Markus Mehring has produced a high-contrast version of the Kaguya image and compares it with the same area of pre-landing photo AS11-37-5447 ( 0.1 Mb ). Markus has also produced a high-contrast version of the image with the Eagle's ground track superimposed ( 0.3 Mb ), demonstrating that the light-colored area is around the LM. The ground track comes from Figure 5-8 in the Apollo 11 Mission Report ( 12 Mb PDF ). Although it is tempting to believe that the bright area seen in the Kaguya image is due to the LM exhaust, it is possible that differences in lighting conditions may be the cause. Higher-resolution imagery will be required before the question can be decided.

During the approach to the landing, the LM moves along the ground track from the bottom of the map to the landing ellipse at the top. The longitude range is 32.5 E to 24.5 E. The original map scale is 1:630,000. The named feature at the upper left is probably "Chuck Hole". The feature to the right of the ground track just below "8+00" is "Last Ridge". The feature above and to the left of "Cape Bruce" near the bottom of the scan is "Ruin Basin". Scan courtesy of Stephen Tellier, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

The landing ellipse is off the bottom of the map and, during the return to orbit, the LM moves along the ground track from the bottom of the map toward the top. The longitude range is 23.0 E to 14.0 E. The original map scale is 1:630,000. Scan courtesy of Stephen Tellier, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

The longitude range is 53.8 E to 45.3 E The original map scale is 1:630,000. Scan courtesy of Stephen Tellier, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

The longitude range is 45.7 E to 36.5 E The original map scale is 1:630,000. Scan courtesy of Stephen Tellier, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

The longitude range is 37.5 E to 28.5 E The original map scale is 1:630,000. Scan courtesy of Stephen Tellier, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

Thomas Schwagmeier has assembled the Descent Monitoring chart and has used it as a template for lunar maps from the Lunar and Planetary Institute website.

Mike Collins used this map to mark the estimated LM locations given to him by Houston. Compare with the sextant locations plotted in Figure 5-14 (below) from the Mission Report. The grid spacing is 1 km and the actual landing site is near J.65 and 7.52. Scan courtesy Bob Craddock and Allan Needell, National Air and Space Museum.

The landing ellipse is centered at map coordinates L.0/14.0 and extends north and south 2.4 km from that point and 9.4 km east and west. Mike Collins marked a number of locations with combinations of lines, arrows, circles, and one ellipse using either pencil or a felt-tipped pen. Most of these are associated with estimated LM locations that were given to him at various times during his solo operations in lunar orbit.

Beginning at the upper left, there is a penciled ellipse labeled 'Auto Optics' and including craters at N.7/7.2 and M.0/6.7 that Mike mentions at 106:43:08. Owen Garriott gave Mike settings for Auto Optics operation of the sextant at 105:19:59; and, at 106:11:49, about 35 minutes before Mike's next pass over the landing site, Bruce McCandless told him "We'd like you to let the Auto optics take care of the tracking and devote your energies to trying to pick out the LM (visually) on the lunar surface."

The 'Auto Optics' ellipse also contains a small circle at L.7/6.6 and attached arrow from the southwest drawn with a felt-tipped pen. I have not been able to associate this circle with anything in the transcript or in Figure 5-14 (below) from the Apollo 11 Mission Report.

Immediately to the right of the upper end of the 'Auto Optics' ellipse, Mike has drawn circle, probably around the 'tiny crater' at M.7/8.0 that he mentions at 104:42:48.

Below the 'Auto Optics' ellipse, a penciled arrow leads to a circle drawn at K.8/6.3. At 112:22:20, Mike requested an estimated LM position for his pass over the landing site at 112:31:52. Bruce McCandless gave him K.9/6.3 and, as can be seen in Figure 5-14 (below), the actual landing site is just outside the sextant field-of-view for this location.

Below and to the right, an arrow drawn with a felt-tipped pen and labeled 'Last Bst Pos Prior L/O' leads to a dark spot at J.5/7.7, which is the estimated location Ron Evans gave Mike at 123:55:23, about a half hour before LM lift off. This location is only about 230 meters from the actual landing site at J.65/7.52. Farther down the map, Mike circled craters at E.3/7.6 and E.8/7.7 and to the left of the E.3/7.6 crater wrote 'SW Rim'. These two craters are in the area he examined during the pass over the landing site at 110:33:40 using the sextant in automatic mode and a set of coordinates Bruce McCandless gave him at 110:18:39. Mike reported the negative results at 110:36:58 but mentioned a "suspiciously-small, white object" on the southwest rim of the E.3/7.6 crater.

Finally, there is a small, blue dot at about K.2/5.6, which may not have been purposefully drawn.

Apollo 11 Landing Site: Mission Report Figure 5-8 ( 347k

This labeled version of 1:5000 LM Lunar Surface Map LSE 2-48 shows the ground track and the landing site about 60 meters west of East Crater (also known as Little West Crater). The grid squares are 50 meters on a side.

Compare with Mission Report Figure 5-8 (above) for the Eagle ground track and the location of the landing site. In a detail ( 750 ), I have marked what is probably a boulder just east of West Crater. The grid squares on this 1:5000 map are 50 meters on a side and the north-south size of the boulder is about 1-2 meters and close to the resolution limit.

This is figure 5-14 from the Apollo 11 Mission Report and shows the various estimates of the landing location given to MIke Collins while Armstrong and Aldrin were on the surface. Each of the small squares is 1 kilometer on a side and the circles, which represent the approximate sextant field-of-view, are each about 3.2 km (2 miles) in diameter.

This is figure 10.12 from the Lunar Sourcebook by G.H. Heiken, D.T. Vaniman, and B.M. French, editors, copyright 1991 by Cambridge University Press, and is reproduced with permission.

This map shows tracks of footprints that can be identified from mission photographs, film, and TV. Scan by Eric Jones.

Thomas Schwagmeier has re-drafted a high-resolution ( 238 k ) version.

Thomas Schwagmeier has created an overlay of his Apollo 11 traverse diagram on a baseball diamond; based on a suggestion by Eric Jones. Neil's traverse to the rim of East Crater (aka Little West) is only an approximation.

At the suggestion of Joe O'Dea, Thomas Schwagmeier has created an overlay of his Apollo 11 traverse diagram on a football (soccer) pitch. The location (red dot) from which Neil took his partial pan at the rim of East Crater is reasonable correct. As of May 2008, his exact route is unknown. Better information may become available from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter once it reaches lunar orbit later in 2008.

A comparison of details from Figure 5-8 from the Apollo 11 Mission Report (top) and from the flown copy of LAM-2 (bottom). The latter includes the horizontal 'J' and 'K' lines and the vertical '7' and '8' lines. The resulting box is one kilometer on a side. The actual landing site is near J.65/7.52, sixty meters west of East Crater, and the last estimated position given to Mike about half an hour prior to LM lift-off is marked with a felt-tipped pen at J.5/7.7.

Phil Stooke, Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario discovered this "untitled, post-flight, Manned Spacecraft Center graphic in the library of the LUnar and Planetary Institute in Houston.

This richly-labeled map of the approach to Tranquility Base was created by Markus Mehring. See, also, figure 1-20a ( 0.8 Mb or 0.1 Mb ) from the Apollo 11 Preliminary Science Report.

This labeled, overhead map of the area around Tranquility Base was created by Markus Mehring. See, also, figure 1-20b ( 0.9Mb ) from the Apollo 11 Preliminary Science Report. Cat's Paw is above and slightly to the right of the landing site in this view.

Mehring notes that rim segments in the Cat's Paw cluster of craters are visible from the surface at the LM, as can be seen in a comparison of a detail from 5447 with portions of frames 5882 and 5882a from Buzz's plus-Z pan.

This labeled map was created by David Harland. A detail from 5437 has been rotated counter clockwise so that east to the right. Flown CMP Map LAM-2 has been used to transfer the ellipse onto 5437; and, finally, a box showing the area covered by Mission Report Figure 5-8.

This is figure 5-8 from the Apollo 11 Mission Report and is a composite Lunar Orbiter image covering the final kilometer of the descent path and the immediate landing area.

This HTML-encoded diagram shows the locations from which Neil and Buzz took pictures during the EVA. HTML coding by Harald Kucharek.

Thomas Schwagmeier has re-drafted a high-resolution, non-HTML version ( 196 k ).

The composite was constructed from high-resolution scans of the map ( 2347k ), the text at the lower left ( 177k ), the central text and scale ( 271k ), the text at the lower right ( 999k ), and the legend ( 999k ). Scans by Frank O'Brien.

104:02:26 Post-landing Color Combined Window Pan ( 279k )

These frames were taken out the windows about an hour and half after the landing, and form a contingency panorama in order to briefly document the site, so that the crew wouldn't have left with empty hands in case of a No-Stay decision. Assembled by Karl Dodenhoff.

These are the color frames taken out Neil's window. Assembled by Karl Dodenhoff.

These are the color frames taken out Buzz's window. Assembled by Karl Dodenhoff.

This assembly uses high-reolution scans (OF300) from the original film. The frames are tose used in the individual left- and right-window pans that follow, except that "AS11-37-5451 was removed from the final mix to improve rendering around the area of the top of the LM shadow." . Assembled by Syd Buxton.

This assembly uses high-reolution scans (OF300) from the original film. The frames are AS11-37-5449 to 5453, plus 37-5459, 40-5847 and 40-5848. Ê"Post-EVA frames 37-5497 and 37-5500 were used to help with alignment and to fill in some small gaps." Assembled by Syd Buxton.

This assembly uses high-reolution scans (OF300) from the original film. The frames are AS11-37-5454 to 5458, plus 40-5849. Assembled by Syd Buxton.

David Harland as used high-resolution scans of AS11-40-5847 and 5848 by Kipp Teague to create a mini-pan showing the double crater below Neil's window.

Neil took this pan while he was waiting for Buzz to start out thru the hatch. The frames are AS11-40-5850 to 5858. Pan assembly by Dave Byrne.

David Harland has used high-resolution scans from the original film of 5852 to 5854 to create a mini-pan of the double crater ( 2.0Mb ) below Neil's window.

After finishing his initial pan, Neil stepped away from the ladder and took three frames toward the south. The frames AS11-40-5859 to 5861. Assembly by Dave Byrne.

Neil took a series of pictures of Buzz's egress and descent to the surface. He also took two frames, AS11-40-5864 and 65 of the area under the descent stage. Dave Byrne has used 5863, 64, and 65 to create this view of Buzz on the porch.

Ed Hengeveld has used portions of 5863 to 69 to create this view of Buzz on the porch. Neil did not capture the top rear of the LM with these pictures and Ed has filled the gap with a portion of AS11-44-6576, which was taken in orbit after undocking.

Jon Hancock has used 5864, 65, and 5869 to create this view of Buzz on the footpad. Jon writes, "I think Neil changed position between 5864/65 and 5869, so the perspective changed slightly; but, by rotating 5969 to correct the horizon and enlarging it a few percent to get the scale to match the other two, they fit together quite well (at least I think so!)".

Dave Byrne has created an alternate version ( 469k ) and, with the addition of 5863, a view with Buzz both on the porch and on the footpad ( 559k ).

A third version ( 2.1Mb ) has been provided by David Harland.

Buzz took this pan from due west of the ladder. It includes AS11-40- 5881 to 5891. Frame 5886 is the only good Hasselblad image of Neil taken during the EVA. Assemblies by Dave Byrne.

Mauro Freschi ( 0.3Mb ) and David Harland ( 2.9Mb ) have done assemblies of the portion showing Neil at the MESA.

David Harland has created a portrait of the double crater ( 3.0Mb ) using frame 5888 to 5891.

Neil took AS11-40- 5901 to show the bulk sample area and then raised his aim to get Buzz in 5902. Assembly by Jon Hancock. 110:43:33 Plus-Y LM Pan ( 1.6 Mb or 0.4 Mb )

Buzz took this pan from a spot north of the LM. The frames are AS11-40- 5905 to 5916. Assembly by Dave Byrne.

David Harland has created a portrait of the LM ( 3.4Mb ) using frame 5914 to 5916.

Erik van Meijgaarden has created an alternate LM portrait ( 7.5Mb ) using frame 5913 to 5916.

The frames are AS11-40-5928 and 5929. Assembly by Erik van Meijgaarden.

David Harland has created an alternate version that includes 5927 ( 2.0Mb ).

Neil took this pan from a spot southeast of the LM while Buzz's was removing equipment from the SEQ Bay. The frames are AS11-40- 5930 to 5941. Assembly by Erik van Meijgaarden.

Hans Nyberg has created an alternate version in QuickTime wrap-around format ( 1.3 Mb ).

David Harland has combined 5930 to 32 in a mini-pan of Buzz at the SEQ Bay ( 3.4Mb ).

Neil took this partial pan on the rim of East Crater, so named because it is 60 meters east of the LM. He overflew this 30-m crater during the final approach and, near the end of the EVA ran out to it to take these pictures. The frames are AS11-40-5954 to 5961. Assembly by Dave Byrne.

Erik van Meijgaarden provides a seamless version ( 8.5Mb or 361k )

Neil and Buzz used up the remaining film on magazines 37/R, taking AS11-37-5460 to 5555, and 39/Q, taking AS11-39-5792 to 5839. Bob Farwell has selected frames from Magazine 37/R to create a pan covering both windows.

A second version is presented on a white background.

Note that Farwell's construction involves a certain amount of artistic license because neither Neil or Buzz actually had an unrestricted view from side to side, as shown by pans assembled from Magazine 39/Q images for the CDR window and the LMP window.

Next, Farwell added a frame from the 16-mm DAC mounted in Buzz's window, showing Neil and Buzz erecting the flag.

An additional version, the 16-mm DAC frame is partially transparent, showing the residual differences caused by the fact that the DAC is mounted over the window and is aimed at a steeper angle than that of the Hasselblad.

Finally, Farwell has modified Figure 10.12 from the Lunar Sourcebook to provided a rough comparison with the assembled pan. Farwell has provided a fuller discussion of the assembled pan and related items.

These are frames AS11-37-5510 to 5517, taken out Buzz's window. Assembled by Karl Dodenhoff.

These are frames AS11-37-5468, 69, and 80 taken out Buzz's window. Assembled by David Harland.

Buzz did some quick pans out his window, using the DAC, possibly at this time. Assembly by Ian Regan.

Buzz did some quick pans out his window, using the DAC, possibly at this time. Assembly by Ian Regan.

S69-38930 ( 885k )

This pre-flight photo shows Buzz's suit in its lunar surface configuration. Note that the sewn-on cuff checklist can be seen on the wrist cover of Buzz's left glove, the one closest to the right suit leg. Note, also, that Buzz is not going to wear a strap-on pocket. See, also, AS11-40-5903. The pattern of Velcro strips and snaps surrounding the connector cluster provided for installation of what seems to have been called an "umbilical cover". There is considerable evidence that the Apollo 11-14 LM crew members' suits all had a similar pattern of Velcro and snaps but, as of June 2007, we have been unable to locate any indication - in photos, checklists, and EMU handbooks - of an umbilical cover having been flown. Karl Dodenhoff has provided a photograph, but doesn't remember where he found it.

Scan by Eric Jones.

This pre-flight photo shows Buzz's left glove, including the sewn-on checklist. Scan by Eric Jones.

In the text reproduced below, Neil's items are in parentheses.

LMP(CDR)
Environ Fam (TV Deploy)
Deploy SWC
EVA & Envir Eval - (Bulk S)

Lean/Reach/Walk
Best Pace/Start/Stop
Fast Pace/Traction/Dust
Pene-Photo Footprint
Scuff/Cohesion/Adhesion
Gen EVA Eval
Light-Up/Down/Cross Sun
Color/Contrast/Texture
Reflect/Rocks/Craters
Gen Eval/Phenomena
Panorama

LM Inspect - Quad I

Photo Blk Sam Area
Unstow ALSCC

Panorama
Off-Load EASEP/Deploy PSE
Close-up Photos
Documented Sample Col:

SRC to Strut
Unstow SRC
Core Tube (Hook Bag)
Unstow Scoop & Tongs
Describe & Col Sam -

Feature/Assoc
Age/Amount

Close-up Photos/Casette
Collect Envir/Gas Sam

Bulk Sam/Core/Tube

Clean EMU/Ingress (Photo)

This pre-flight photo shows Neil's suit in its command module configuration, which includes the black IVA (Intra-vehicular) gloves at the right. Scan by Eric Jones.

This pre-flight photo shows Neil's IVA (Intra-vehicular) gloves. Scan by Eric Jones.

This pre-flight photo shows Neil's suit in its lunar surface configuration, which includes the Liquid Cooled Garment at the left and the EVA (Extra-vehicular) gloves and moon boots at the right. Research by Frederic Artner.

The suit is shown with a strap-on pocket attached to the left thigh, as was the case during the EVA. In a detail from S69-38889 ( 166k ), we see some horizontal strips of Velcro hooks on the outside of the top flap which, on later missions, mated with horizontal strips of Velcro pile on the suit to hold the flap open. In the detail, we see that a loop of Velcro has been added been attached to the flap and a corresponding strip of Velcro has been attached over the front of the left hip. Further details of a typical strap-on pocket can be found in an Apollo 16 discussion. The suit shown in that discussion is Charlie Duke's training suit, which had horizontal strips of Velcro pile just above the knee, because Charlie wore his strap-on pockets on his shins.

This pre-flight photo shows Neil's EVA (extra-vehicular) gloves. The sewn-on cuff checklist is clearly visible on the wrist cover on the left (upper) glove. Note that there is also a sewn-on decal in the inside of the wrist cover on the right (lower) glove.

This pre-flight photo shows Neil's left glove, including the sewn-on checklist. Scan by Eric Jones.

This pre-flight photo detail shows Neil's sewn-on cuff checklist. In the text reproduced below, Buzz's items are in parentheses.

CDR(LMP)
Transfer Cam
Prel Cks:

LM Status/Photo 3 Gear
Terrain
Lighting/Photo Sam Areas
Photo Egress

TV-Change Lens (Fam)(SWC)
Photo SWC-Cam on Mesa
Bulk Samp (EVA & Envir)

Unstow Bag/Scoop/Hammer
Unpack SRC/Col Samp
Seal SRC (Unstow ALSCC)
Hook Up LEC

LM Inspect-Close Up Photos
Recv Still Camera-Photo

Quad II/-Y Gear
EASEP Off-load/Panorama

EASEP Deploy & Photo
Documented Sample Col:

Stereo Core Tube
Tether Bag/Unstow Gnomon
Photo & Bag Samples
Hold Envir/GSA Samp Cont
Retrv SWC-Soil Mech
Pack/Close SRC (Ingress)

Photo LMP/Cam Mag to LEC
Transfer Bulk SRC
Transfer D.S. SRC

This pre-flight photo shows Neil's IV (Intravehicular) gloves, which were worn for suited operations in the spacecraft and lacked the various thermal layers present on the EVA gloves. Lacking the thermal layers, the IV gloves were far more flexible than the EVA gloves.

This x-ray was taken on JUly 7, 1969 by Jack R Weakland who worked in the NASA x-ray lab from 1968 to 1979 and told Ulli Lotzmann in 2002 that " he x-rayed everything from pipe welds to the astronaut moon boots, PGA suits etc. One purpose of this x-ray was to determine and verify that there were no sharp, foreign objects imbedded in the cloth - that is, needle points, pins etc. - that could puncture the pressure suit." Scan by Ulrich Lotzmann.

S64-23846 ( 910k )

This group portrait was taken at Philmont Scout Ranch in northeastern New Mexico during a 3-6 June 1964 geology field trip. From left to right, they are: Pete Conrad, Buzz Aldrin, Dick Gordon, Ted Freeman, Charlie Bassett, Walt Cunningham, Neil Armstrong, Donn Eisele, Rusty Schweikhart (behind Eisele), Jim Lovell, Mike Collins (partly hidden behind Lovell), Elliot See, Gene Cernan (behind See), Ed White, Roger Chaffee, Gordon Cooper, C.C. Williams (behind Cooper), Bill Anders, Dave Scott, Al Bean.

Journal Contributor Jim Scotti writes "It's a bit sad looking at this image to note that six of the twenty gentlemen in it didn't even live to see the first moon landing; and six of the twenty left footprints on the Moon. They had an equal chance of dying before the first landing or walking on the Moon. Amazingly, we've only lost two of the fourteen who survived until July 1969; and I hope at least a few of them are still around when the next footprints are left on the Moon."

Journal Contributor Brian Lawrence adds "One thing I find interesting with photos such as this is who is missing from the photo. Twenty out of the thirty astronauts who had been selected by June 3, 1964 took part in the Philmont Ranch trip. Those missing were, from the first (Mercury) group were Glenn ('retired' a few months earlier), Carpenter (recently returned to the USN), Shepard & Slayton (both grounded), and Grissom & Schirra (assigned to Gemini 3). Also missing, from the second group, were Young and Stafford (also assigned to GT-3) plus McDivitt and Borman (commander and backup commander of GT-4)." Scan by Colin Burgess.

Additional group portrait taken at Philmont Scout Ranch. Collins is not hidden by Lovell. In the caption for this picture in his excellent book To a Rocky Moon - A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration, Don Wilhelms writes "As they posed, they realized their resemblance to a glee club and spontaneously hummed a note to establish pitch." Scan courtesy Mike Gentry, NASA Johnson.

1964 portrait of Neil Armstrong. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Ken Mattingly (left) and Neil Armstrong (right) during a geology field trip in Iceland in 1967. Scanned by Ken Glover from Gene Simmon's 'On the Moon with Apollo 16 - A Guidebook to the Descartes Region'.

Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. paddles to the shore of Lake Texoma during training at the U.S. Air Force Air Defense Command Life Support School, Perrin Air Force Base, Sherman, Texas. He sits in a one-man life raft. He was dropped into water after making parasail ascent some 400 feet above the lake. Purpose of the training is to prepare pilots for possible ejection from aircraft during flight. 6-7 May 1968. Scan and caption courtesy NASA Johnson.

Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. is strapped into parachute harness during training at the U.S. Air Force Air Defense Command Life Support School, Perrin Air Force Base, Sherman, Texas. Purpose of the training is to prepare pilots for possible ejection from aircraft during flight. 6-7 May 1968. Scan and caption courtesy NASA Johnson.

Similar to S68-40394. 6-7 May 1968. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil Armstrong during parachute training at Perrin AFB in Sherman, Texas. 27 May 1968. Research by J.L. Pickering.

Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Television Camera. Scan by Frederic Artner.

In addition to a framing rate switch, the top of this camera has marks to indicate the field-of-view when either the "35 degree Lunar Day lens" or the "80 degree Wide Angle lens" was in use. Photo taken at the National Air and Space Museum in August 2004 by Ulrich Lotzmann.

Buzz Aldrin (left), Neil Armstrong, and Mike Collins pose in business suits following a press conference at the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston. 10 January 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Astronaut Don L. Lind does a trial deployment of the Apollo 11 Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP) in Building 9 at the Manned Spacecraft Center. 21 January 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Astronaut Don L. Lind does a trial deployment of the Apollo 11 Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP) in Building 9 at the Manned Spacecraft Center. Buzz watches from the left. 21 January 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Astronaut Don L. Lind does a trial deployment of the Apollo 11 Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP) in Building 9 at the Manned Spacecraft Center. Buzz watches from the left. 21 January 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil Armstrong poses at the Lunar Landing Research Facility at NASA Langley. 12 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA.

Buzz Aldrin (left) and Neil Armstrong examine rock samples in west Texas near Sierra Blanca and the ruins of Fort Quitman, about 130 kilometers southeast of El Paso. Apollo 16 geology team leader Bill Muehlberger writes, "The Sierra Blanca trip was the only trip specifically on geology for the Apollo 11 crew. They went into the large arroyos to learn how to sample when a variety of rocks are spread out." 24 February 1969. Research by Ed Hengeveld.

Buzz (left) and Neil during the Sierra Blanca trip. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil examines a rock sample during the Sierra Blanca trip. He is holding a geology hammer in his left hand and is wearing an Omega Speedmaster watch, which is showing a time of 1:07. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil Armstrong examines a sample during the Sierra Blanca trip. 24 February 1969. Research by Ed Hengeveld.

With Back-up Commander Jim Lovell (left) looking on and holding a Hasselblad, Back-up Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise (right) examines a sample during the Sierra Blanca trip. Both have geology hammers stowed in tool belts. Haise also has what looks like a tape recorder attached to the front of his belt. The leather pouch on Lovell's left hip may also hold a tape recorder. The recorders would capture any descriptions they made of the samples which, after the end of the session, could be discussed with the trainers. 24 February 1969. Research by Ed Hengeveld.

Jim Lovell (left) and Fred Haise appear to be standing on the back gate of a 4-wheel-drive vehicle. They are probably doing an initial evaluation of the site, equivalent to the out-the-window descriptions the later crews did soon after landing on the Moon. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (left) appears to be taking a handheld "before" photograph of a sample, undoubtedly one of the rocks near the head of the tongs Neil has in his right hand. Neil has a tape recorder on his belt and a large box scoop in his left hand. Note that the extension handle attached to the top of the scoop shaft is not symmetric. Note, also, that neither the scoop shaft nor the extension handle shaft have knurled sections for better gripping, as was the case of the flown items.

The fact that Buzz is taking a handheld photo may be an indication that the idea of using a bracket on the RCU had not yet emerged. The camera handle appears to be attached to a lanyard, which also suggests that the RCU camera bracket is still in the future. Buzz has a hammer holder on his belt over his right hip and has a weigh bag hooked to his right, front pocket. Inside the weigh bags, we see the telltale shape of at least one closure tab on an individual sample bag. As can be seen in photo S69-25202, Buzz has a pack of individual sample bags attached to weigh bag. The pack of sample bags is badly out-of-focus but, in S69-25903, an identical pack is clearly visible attached to Jack Swigert's weigh bag. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (left) takes a handheld documentation photo while Neil appears to be using the tongs to collect a sample. He may be leaning on the scoop for support or may intend to put the sample in it. This photo clearly shows the lanyard attached to the camera handle that Buzz has around his neck. It also shows that he has a carabiner attached to the weigh bag hooked onto the opening of his right, front pocket. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz may be taking a panorama. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil applies his geology hammer to a sample presumably collected from the vertical face beyond him. That face contains numerous rocks embedded in soil, with clear evidence of layering. Buzz is beyond Neil, probably bent over to pick up a rock. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (left) and Neil examine a sample during the Sierra Blanca field trip. The jackets suggest that this is a morning photo. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Jim Lovell leans on a boulder during the Sierra Blanca field trip. Jack Schmitt is immediately behind Jim while Fred Haise is to our left. 24 February 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague/Ed Hengeveld.

Lunch at the Sierra Blanca field trip. Lovell and Haise are in the left foreground and Armstrong and Aldrin (back to the camera) are in the background. As detailed in a labeled version, the other individuals in the group are Support Team members Bill Pogue and Jack Swigert; MSC Geology Branch Chief Ted Foss; MSC geologists Uel Clanton, John Dietrich, Bob Long, (possibly) Mike McEwen, and David McKay; Ray Zedeker of the MSC Training Office; and Bob Sutton of the USGS Astrogeology Branch. 24 February 1969. Identifications courtesy John Dietrich and Uel Clanton, December 2002. Dietrich believes the NASA photographer was Andrew 'Pat' Patnesky, confirmed by Mike Gentry of NASA JSC Media Services. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Neil and Buzz on the Sierra Blanca geology trip with Mike McEwen, a member of the Manned Spacecraft Center's Geology Branch who participated in astronaut geology training. 24 February 1969. McEwen identification courtesy John Dietrich, August 2002. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 Support Team members Bill Pogue (foreground) and Jack Swigert (hidden behind Pogue), with Bob Long of the Manned Spacecraft Center's Geology Branch (left), and Bob Sutton of the USGS Astrogeology Branch (right) during the Sierra Blanca geology trip. Identifications courtesy Jack Schmitt, John Dietrich, and Uel Clanton in 2002. 24 February 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

From the left, Neil Armstrong (blue shirt), Buzz Aldrin, Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, Bill Pogue (blue flight suit), and Jack Swigert collect samples. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesyNASA Johnson.

Fred Haise (left) and Jim Lovell, the Apollo 11 Back-up LM crew on the Sierra Blanca geology field trip. Haise has the tongs in his right hang and seems to have a tape recorder around his neck. Lovell is holding the scoop in his right hand, a small sample bag in his left, has a clear teflon weigh bag in a frame suspended from his belt on his left hip, and a geology hammer just visible on his right hip. 24 February 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague/Ed Hengeveld.

Apollo 11 Support Team members Jack Swigert (left) and Bill Pogue (right) discuss a sample during the Sierra Blanca geology trip. Pogue has a tape recorder and Swigert has a weigh bag and a pack of individual sample bags. 24 February 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Neil (left) watches Buzz take a documentary photo of a sample. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesyNASA Johnson.

Neil and Buzz at Sierra Blanca. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesyNASA Johnson.

Neil and Buzz at Sierra Blanca. The jackets and Neil's gloves indicate that this is a morning photograph. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesyNASA Johnson.

Guenter Wendt works with the Apollo 11 backup crew during an altitude chamber test. 24 March 1969. Research by Ed Hengeveld.

Jim Lovell,the Back-up Commander, slides into the Command Module for an altitude chamber test. 24 March 1969. Research by Ed Hengeveld. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil Armstrong suited for a training exercise at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston. Photo filed 18 April 1969. The training session may have actually been on 15 April 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Buzz (left) pours a sample out of the large scoop into a sample bag Neil is holding. On the Moon it would have been difficult for Buzz to bend the suit enough to get his hands this close together and probably would have had to hold the scoop in one hand and turn the basket around a horizontal axis to make the pour. Neil and Buzz ran short of time during their EVA and did not collect any documented samples. 15 April 1969. Photo filed 18 April 1969. The training session may have actually been on 15 April 1969. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

EVA training photo taken 18 April 1969 shows Neil Armstrong checking his deployment of the erectable S-Band antenna while Buzz Aldrin uses the tongs to gather a sample. During the mission, communications with Houston was deemed to be good enough that erection of the S-Band antenna was skipped. Similar antenna were erected by the Apollo 12 and Apollo 14 crews to allow signal transmission from the color television camera used on those flights. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Neil uses the large scoop. Photo filed 18 April 1969. The training session may have actually been on 15 April 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Neil Armstrong stands in the footpad at the base of the ladder during training. It is unlikely that he is going to try to get up on the ladder. In lunar gravity, the jump was not difficult when pushing with the legs and pulling with the arms. On Earth, even with a lightweight PLSS mockup, the weight of the suit makes the jump too difficult to try. 15 April 1969. Photo dated 18 April 1969. The training session may have actually been on 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil Armstrong uses the Lunar Equipment Conveyor at the foot of the ladder during training. Because he is standing to the left of the ladder and has only a short length of the LEC, he may be trying to get the straps over the porch rails to get them out of the way for Buzz's exit from the cabin. See S68-31053, below. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil at the MESA during training. Note that Neil has a camera bracket on the front of his RCU. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil assembles the contingency sampler during training. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil uses the contingency sampler during training. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil uses the contingency sampler during training. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil collects the contingency sample during training, as he did during the mission at 109:33:30. Probably 15 April 1969. Photo dated 18 April 1969. See the Apollo 11 Crew Training Summaries. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil prepares to remove the sample bag from the contingency sampler during training. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil with the contingency sample bag. He no longer has the other components of the sampler, which may have been taken out of the way by the person behind him. During the mission, he discarded the handle and other components. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil with the contingency sample bag. Comparing with 31050, we see that he has opened flap of the pocket on his left thigh. Note the Velcro strips which hold the flap closed. Neil will put the sample bag in the pocket. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil during training, trailing a comm cable. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil near the foot of the ladder. Note that the LEC straps are, indeed, outside the porch railing on the MESA side. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil with a camera mounted on his RCU bracket. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has both hands down. The person hidden beyond him seems to be adjusting the camera lens. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil carrying the deployable S-band antenna during training. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil prepares to deploy S-band antenna. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has one of the three telescoping legs and the transmitting element extended. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has the S-Band antenna fully deployed. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil at the MESA. Note the TV lens peeking out from the thermal blanket, pointed at the foot of the ladder. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil at the MESA. He has opened the thermal blankets. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz joins Neil for the training session. Note that Buzz does not have a camera bracket on his RCU. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz and Neil (background) at the MESA) Note the tie-down strap hanging down from just below Buzz's RCU and the carabiner at the bottom of the strap. Note, also, the checklist fastened to Buzz's left gauntlet. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Mike Collins prior to centrifuge training. 14 April 1969, Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Mike Collins prior to centrifuge training. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Mike Collins prior to centrifuge training. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Mike Collins during centrifuge training. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Mike Collins during centrifuge training. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Mike Collins during centrifuge training. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Mike Collins during centrifuge training. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Mike Collins from above during centrifuge training. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Mike Collins from above during centrifuge training. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz Aldrin works at the MESA during training. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (foreground) and Buzz at the MESA during training. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil places a rock box on the MESA table. Journal Contributor Ed Hengeveld notes that Owen Garriott is immediately beyond Neil, wearing a tie but no jacket. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil opens the rock box. An extension handle is sticking out below is right hand. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil collects a soil sample with the large, box scoop. Note the weigh bag attached to the near corner of the MESA. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil pours the soil sample in the weigh bag. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil closes the rock box, probably with the weigh bag inside, while Buzz watches. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

This training photo shows Neil closing the righthand latch on rock box at the MESA table. Note the ETB on the near corner of the table and the tool handle sticking out of it. Photo dated 18 April 1969. The training session was almost certainly on 15 April 1969. Research by Paolo Dangelo. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) and Buzz during training. Note that Buzz is wearing the RCU camera bracket and an attached camera. A person in the background seems to be checking out the high-gain antenna. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil near the LM mockup with the Solar Wind Collector on the righthand edge of the image. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz has the seismometer on the surface after removing it from the Scientific Equipment (SEQ) Bay. The Lunar Ranging Retro Reflector (LRRR or LR-Cubed) is still in the bay. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Close-up side view of Neil wearing a camera on his RCU camera bracket. Good detail of his LEVA tabs. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Close-up front view of Buzz during training, with the LM mock-up reflected in his face plate. Good detail of his microphones and LEVA tabs. Probably 15 April 1969. Research by J.L. Pickering. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Close-up front view of Buzz at the ladder. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil works with the rock box at the MESA. Deke Slayton is in the background in dark jacket, tie, and dark glasses. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil works with the rock box at the MESA. Deke Slayton is in the background in dark jacket, tie, and dark glasses. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz during suited training. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Neil uses the Lunar Equipment Conveyor (LEC) to send a mock-up of a rock box up to the cabin. The rock box he was working with previously during this training session is still on the MESA table. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil uses the Lunar Equipment Conveyor (LEC) to send a mock-up of a rock box up to the cabin. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil uses the Lunar Equipment Conveyor (LEC) to send a mock-up of a rock box up to the cabin. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil uses the Lunar Equipment Conveyor (LEC) to send a mock-up of a rock box up to the cabin. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil uses the Lunar Equipment Conveyor (LEC) to send a mock-up of a rock box up to the cabin. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil gets a rest. Research by J.L. Pickering. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil works at the MESA while Buzz takes a plus-Y pan. On the Moon, this will be north of the spacecraft. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil works at the MESA while Buzz takes a plus-Y pan. On the Moon, this will be north of the spacecraft. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil works at the MESA while Buzz takes a plus-Y pan. On the Moon, this will be north of the spacecraft. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz continues a plus-Y during training. Probably 15 April 1969. Note that the camera doesn't appear to have the trigger assembly of the silver-colored EVA camera. Compare with KSC-69PC-362. Probably 15 April 1969. Research by J.L. Pickering. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil works at the MESA while Buzz takes a plus-Y pan. On the Moon, this will be north of the spacecraft. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

A technician works on Buzz's PLSS at left. Neil, on the right, would not be able to lean as far forward on the Moon without support. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (left) and Neil during training. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz prepares to remove the seismometer from the Scientific Equipment (SEQ) Bay. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (left) with the seismometer and Neil (right) with the LRRR. During the mission, Buzz carried both packages away from the LM while Neil followed behind taking pictures. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

The fully deployed seismometer is in the foreground with the LRRR beyond it near Buzz. Neil is on the right. They both appear to be resting. The SWC is near the far edge of the training area at center. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz is about to unstow the rockbox while Neil watches from the foreground. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz is about to open the rock box so he can remove the core tubes. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) watches Buzz open the rock box. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) watches Buzz remove weigh bags and other contents of the rock box so he can get at the core tubes. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) watches Buzz remove the contents of the rock box. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (rear) takes a documentation photo of the core tube Buzz has driven into the surface. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (rear) watches Buzz remove the core tube. Probably 15 April 1969. The SWC is on the left. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) and Buzz practice collecting documented samples. Neil has a weigh bag attached at his waist and is holding an individual sample bag while Buzz prepares to use the tongs. There is a gnomon on the surface between them and the large, box scoop just beyond it. During the Apollo 11 EVA, Neil and Buzz rain out of time before they could do any documented sampling. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (right) uses the tongs to collect a small rock while Neil holds open an individual sample bag. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil holds out an individual sample bag to receive the rock Buzz has in his tongs. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (right) collects a sample with the tongs. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (right) prepares to drop a sample from the tongs into an individual sample bag Neil is holding open for him. On the Moon, they would not have been able to bend the suits as much as they could in terrestrial gravity. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) takes a documentation photo of the sampling area. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (foreground) drops a rock sample in an individual sample bag Neil is holding open for him. Neil is wearing a weigh bag clipped at his waist and has a pack of sample bags clipped to the top of the weight bag. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (foreground) drops a rock sample in an individual sample bag Neil is holding open for him. Neil is wearing a weigh bag clipped at his waist and has a pack of sample bags clipped to the top of the weight bag. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (right) pours a soil sample into an individual sample bag. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) holds an individual sample bag containing a small quantity of soil. Probably 15 April 1969. Buzz has the large, box scoop. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) drops the soil sample bag in the weigh bag. Buzz has the large, box scoop. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (right) and Buzz at the MESA after the documented sampling. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (right) and Buzz at the MESA after the documented sampling. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (right) collecting a soil sample with the large, box scoop. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (right) collecting a soil sample with the large, box scoop. Neil may be taking a documentation photo. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (right) and Buzz at the MESA. The Equipment Transfer Bag is hanging from the near corner of the MESA. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) is holding the Small Environmental Sample Container into which Buzz will put a small rock. LIke the documented sampling, this task was not done during the mission due to lack of time. Probably 15 April 1969. A detail ( 126k ) zooms in on the container. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (foreground) packs the rock box. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil packs the rock box while Buzz retrieves the Solar Wind Collector (SWC) in the background. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz photographed from behind the ladder. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil uses the Lunar Equipment Conveyor (LEC). Note that the MESA is covered with its thermal blankets. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil uses the Lunar Equipment Conveyor (LEC) to transfer what is probably a camera down from the cabin. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil appears to be discussing the camera transfer with someone off-camera to the right. Probably 15 April 1969. Note that the LEC straps are now outside the porch rail on the MESA side. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has started walking toward the camera, moving his hands along the straps while maintaining some tension. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil now has the camera on his RCU bracket. Note the tech sitting in the LM hatch. He was undoubtedly in the cabin playing Buzz's role in the camera transfer. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil walks off the training surface, still wearing the camera. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil with the package containing the deployable S-Band antenna. He would have done the deployment during the mission if the signal thru the LM antenna had been unacceptable. It was adequate, so this time-consuming task was skipped. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Similar to 31148. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Based on the evidence of 31151, Neil is releasing a restraining ring that holds the umbrella and other components tightly closed. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has the restraining ring in his right hand and is going to discard it. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil raises the transmitter mast of the deployable S-Band antenna. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil is about the extend one of the three telescoping legs. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has raised one of the telescoping legs. Once all three are in position, he can lift the antenna and they will rotate down into position. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has all three legs deployed with the rest of the structure off the ground and supported by the legs. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has raised the S-Band antenna higher, bringing the legs inward in the process. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Similar to 31156. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil may now have the antenna raised to full height. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil may be removing a restraint that has kept the antenna's umbrella from opening. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

The restraint Neil just released has slid down the righthand leg and can be seen wrapped around the bottom on the leg at the lower right. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has a cord in his right hand that is attached to another cord which is wrapped around the antenna umbrella. when he pulls the cord, the umbrella will be freed and can spring open. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has pulled the release cord. Note that Neil is holding one of the legs with his left hand, undoubtedly to keep the antenna from jumping and, possibly, tipping over, in reaction to the umbrella springing open. As Pete Conrad told the press during a post-Apollo 12 news conferenced, "I know many of you've seen it deployed in practice. It said on the instructions (that) when you deploy it, it unfolds and springs out. But it (also) said (to) hold on to the leg; and I really didn't hold on to the leg too well; and, when I deployed it, it jumped about 4 feet in the air." Ulli Lotzmann has sketched the scene ( 227k ). Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil with the S-Band antenna now open. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil at the MESA with the S-Band cable. NOte that his Hasselblad does appear to be mounted to an RCU mock-up. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil at the S-Band antenna. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz during suited EVA training in MSC Building 9. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz during suited EVA training in MSC Building 9. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil, wearing PLSS mockup No.26, at the MESA, with Buzz beyond him. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil at the MESA. Buzz is hidden behind Neil, being tended by technicians. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz in the foreground. Note that his RCU does not have a camera bracket of front. In the background, Neil has placed the TV on it's tripod. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has moved the TV to the end of the cable connecting to the spacecraft and off the simulated lunar surface. In the background, Buzz is working at the MESA. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz is at the MESA holding the extendible staff for the Solar Wind Collector (SWC). Note that he has a lanyard and carabiner hanging down from beneath his RCU. Other photos show that this was to be used to secure the Hasselblad camera with Buzz had it. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz with the SWC assembled. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz with the SWC staff pushed into the surface. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

On the Moon, Buzz will orient the SWC so that the collector surface faces the Sun. In this indoor setting, he's has pointing it roughly toward minus-Z. As can be seen in mission photo AS11-40-5872, the SWC that Buzz deployed on the Moon had the word 'Sun' printed on the bottom of the sunward side and 'Shade' on the back. This training unit is not marked. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil at the MESA with the rockbox open on its 'table'. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil collects the Bulk Sample with the large scoop. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Motion blurred photo of Neil with the S-Band antenna. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil practices alignment of the S-Band antenna. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil and Buzz seem to have swapped RCUs. Neil is on the left, facing us. Buzz is on the right wearing the RCU mockup with an attached Hasselblad. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) and Buzz at the ladder. Note that Neil isn't wearing a checklist and neither of them is wearing a watch. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz near the S-Band antenna. Buzz has a checklist attached to the gauntlet of his right glove. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (right) is working at the MESA. Buzz is in the background wearing the Hasselblad. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (foreground) is pulling a rock box out of the MESA. Buzz is in the background. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has opened the rock box and is removing wire mesh packing material. Photo S69-31205 (below) provides a better view of the mesh material. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has attached a spring scale to the near corner of the MESA and has a weigh bag in his left hand. Buzz is in the background, perhaps discussing photographic tasks with the person to his left. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has attached the weigh bag to the spring scale. Because earlier EVA activities took longer than planned, Neil never used the spring scale on the Moon. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has collected a 'sample' with the large scoop and is pouring it into the weigh bag. The SWC is in the foreground on the left. Something is hanging at the end of a lanyard attached to the porch. Perhaps a second Hasselblad? Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil with the large scoop. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil appears to have collected another 'soil sample'. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil pours a 'sample' into the weigh bag. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil pours a 'sample' into the weigh bag. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil closes the rockbox. Buzz is in the background near the SWC. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz is in the foreground, perhaps watching Neil latching the rockbox. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil is at the center of the image and Buzz is in the right foreground. The technician on the right is holding Buzz's comm cables, keeping them out of harm's way. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left center) and Buzz (right) during an EVA runthrough. At some point before 31197 was taken, Neil and Buzz swapped RCUs, giving Neil the camera. Throughout this sequence, the Zipper cover over Neil's groin has been partly open, allowing us to identify him in this photo in which the PLSS numbers are not visible and Neil's face is turned down and to his left enough that he is not clearly identifiable. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz is preparing to open the Scientific Equipment (SEQ) Bay so he can remove the Passive Seismometer and the Lunar Ranging RetroReflectometer (LRRR or LR-Cubed) for deployment. He is holding a tape that is on the righthand side of the Bay. When he pulls on the tape, the protective doors will open. Two light-colored pads have been placed on the floor below the Bay to protect the training units when Buzz puts them down after pulling them out of the Bay. Note that Buzz no longer has the Hasselblad. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz is opening the SEQ Bay doors by pulling the tape with his right hand and guiding the return with his left. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (left) and Neil have moved back onto the simulated lunar surface. Buzz has the seismometer and Neil the LRRR. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil is in the foreground deploying the LRRR. Buzz is in the background, undoubtedly working with the seismometer. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil is in the foreground deploying the LRRR. Buzz is behind him deploying the seismometer. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil is in the foreground deploying the LRRR. Buzz is behind him deploying the seismometer. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil is in the foreground deploying the LRRR. In the background, Buzz has the seismometer's solar panels deployed. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (right) and Buzz have completed deploying the experiments. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (right) works with the rockbox while Neil watches. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz has removed a core stem from the rockbox and has attached it to an extension handle. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz leans to his left, apparently to get something out of the large bag hanging from the far side of the MESA. On the Moon, he would not be able to lean that far to the side without holding on the the spacecraft and or sticking his left leg far out toward the photographer and bending is right knee. Note the spare Hasselblad hanging at Neil's right by a lanyard from the porch. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (right) and Neil at the MESA. Buzz is holding a core tube attached to an extension handle. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) and Buzz at the MESA. Buzz is holding a weigh bag. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) and Buzz at the MESA. Buzz is holding a weigh bag. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz pours a soil sample into the weigh bag. Note the tongs hanging from Buzz's waist. Neil is just out of frame to the right. The lens of his Hasselblad and his lower left leg are visible. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil at the MESA with a weigh bag sitting in the rockbox. Note that Neil has a checklist attached to the gauntlet of his left glove. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Informal training portrait of Mike Collins as he prepares for a centrifuge run. He may have a sensor taped to his chest. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

MIke Collins prepares for a centrifuge run. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

MIke Collins prepares for a centrifuge run. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

MIke Collins and a technician at the centrifuge. Mike Gentry, a JSC veteran, tells us that the centrifuge "at that time was configured like the interior of the Apollo CM, with three couches and almost the 'whole ball of wax.'" Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil Armstrong watches while Buzz Aldrin takes a photograph of the LM mockup that can be seen reflected in Buzz's faceplate. Note Buzz's strap-on cuff checklist. Probably 15 April 1969. Photo filed 18 April 1969. The training session may have actually been on 15 April 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Neil Armstrong (right) holds open a small sample bag to receive the sample Buzz Aldrin has collected with the tongs. The large scoop is in the foreground attached to the extension handle. Probably 15 April 1969. Photo filed 18 April 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Neil Armstrong taking a documentation photo of a sample Buzz Aldrin is about to collect with the large scoop. The gnomon at the right-hand side of the picture gives an indication of local vertical, provides scale, and has a color/grey scale on the vertical stick. No documented samples were actually collected during Apollo 11 because other activities took longer than planned. Probably 15 April 1969. Photo filed 18 April 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

This excellent training close-up of Neil shows his OPS actuator mounted on the side of the RCU, details of the camera as mounted on the front of the RCU, and details of the tabs at the top of the face plate used to lower the gold-coated UV visor and the side visors. Probably 15 April 1969. Photo filed 18 April 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Buzz (right) extracts the LRRR from the SEQ Bay. He previously removed the passive seismometer, which is on the floor to his left. Neil watches carefully from behind Buzz. During the mission, Neil took a pan from this location once Buzz had the doors open and had started to remove the package. Buzz had the option of either using the tapes or removing the packages manually. During the mission, he took them out manually. Probably 15 April 1969. Photo filed 18 April 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Buzz (left) appears to be getting the extension handle off the MESA, which was stowed at the upper right as shown in S69-31581. Neil is at the right and is wearing a PLSS with the number '26' stenciled on both sides. Probably 15 April 1969. Photo filed 18 April 1969. The training session may have actually been on 15 April 1969. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Either Neil or Buzz is being fitted with an RCU mock-up equipped with a bracket to hold a Hasselblad. Photo 21233 (below) suggests this is Neil. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Close-up of Buzz showing his microphones. Probably 15 April 1969. Research by J.L. Pickering. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz prepares for EVA training. Note the strap-on checklist on the gauntlet of his left glove. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz prepares for suited EVA training. He has an air circulation (or cooling?) unit hooked up to his purge valve connector. Note the strap-on checklist on the gauntlet of his left glove. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil prepares for EVA training. He is wearing an RCU mock-up with camera bracket. The partially open flap over the astronaut's groin indicates this is Neil. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil prepares for EVA training. Note the carabiner hanging down from beneath the RCU mock-up. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil standing in the ladder footpad at the start of an EVA runthrough. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil standing in the ladder footpad at the start of an EVA runthrough. Note that he has the end of the Lunar Equipment Conveyor (LEC hooked to the carabiner attached to the front of the suit. During Neil's ladder descent on the Moon, Buzz kept some tension on the LEC so that it would act as a safety tether. Once Neil demonstrated that he had no trouble getting down the ladder safely, the LEC was never again put to this use. See, also, training photo S69-32246. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil works at the MESA still hooked to the LEC. On the moon, he detached the LEC once he has taken a few steps near the ladder. Note that he is wearing a strapped-on pocket on his left thigh. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil's strap-on thigh pocket has fallen off. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil is holding the contingency sampler in his right hand. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil collects the contingency sample. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil collects the contingency sample. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has released the sample bag from the handle and is holding the bag in his left hand. Note that his thigh pocket has been re-attached. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has the S-Band antenna package in his left hand. Probably 15 April 1969. Note that he now has a camera on his RCU bracket. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil with the S-Band antenna package. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil with the S-Band antenna package. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil is taking a panorama near the ladder. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil near the MESA. Notice that he does not have a camera on his RCU bracket. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Rock box stowed in the training MESA. Part of the second rock box can be seen stowed in a second slot above the first. At the top right are the tongs and the TV lens that will be used when the TV is moved away from the LM. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Wider view of the training MESA with only the two rock boxes and the narrower-field TV lens in position. The framework at the bottom is the erectable MESA table used to hold a rockbox in workable position. Scan by Kipp Teague.

MESA with extension handle stowed over round slots for ECS LiOH canisters. Scan by Kipp Teague.

MESA with extension handle and tongs stowed. Scan by Kipp Teague.

MESA with geology hammer stowed . Scan by Kipp Teague.

MESA with scoop head and geology hammer. Note that both can be fit to the extension handle. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Gnomon stowed to the left of the scoop head. Scan by Kipp Teague.

TV tripod stowed over the gnomon and to the left of the scoop head. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Attachment details - just above the hammer head - of the TV support. The TV support puts it in proper position to show the bottom of the ladder. Scan by Kipp Teague.

TV support attachment details immediately left of tongs. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Upper surface of the TV support. This view is toward the ladder. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Back of the TV camera as mounted on the TV support. This view is toward the ladder. Removal of the pins frees the camera for removal from the MESA. One of the pins, not yet installed, can be seen on the near righthand edge of the camera platform. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Paul Coan, Manned Spaceflight Center Television Subsystem Manager who was responsible for the equipment used on the Apollo spacecraft, writes, "The camera was mounted on the MESA upside down because the top plate was the 'hard' part of the structure. It was placed at an angle so that the bottom of the ladder could be viewed when the MESA was fully deployed. (There was some concern about whether the MESA would deploy fully Ð but that was not a problem.) The top was painted with a special white paint to minimize solar absorption and to maximize radiation. In contrast, the bottom was highly reflective to minimize absorption of heat reflected from the lunar surface. The handle/camera interface was designed with two trunnions and two 'hooks' and a latching mechanism so that, as you rotated the handle to its operating position, the handle was latched to the camera. It also provided the suited astronaut the capability of unlatching the camera."

Locking pin that was seen uninstalled in S69-31573 has been inserted in the proper hole. The lanyard is a safety precaution against loss of the pin . Scan by Kipp Teague.

Front view of the TV camera as mounted on the MESA. The lens on the camera is the wide-angle lens used to show the ladder. Note that the camera is mounted upside down. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Paul Coan writes, "The handle of the TV was 'substantial'. It was designed with a sufficient diameter so that the spacesuit gloved astronaut could easily attach it to the camera, and so that it could carry the weight of the camera. The cable that ran through the handle carried both video and power.".

The bag on the left is the Equipment Transfer Bag which, on Apollo 11 to 14, was stowed in the MESA. For Apollo 15 to 17, it was flown to the Moon in the cabin. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Wider view of the central part of the MESA. Scan by Kipp Teague.

MESA table strapped over ETB. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Full view of the MESA. Scan by Kipp Teague.

View of the lefthand side of the MESA. Scan by Kipp Teague.

View of the righthand side of the MESA. Scan by Kipp Teague.

View of the MESA from the foot of the ladder. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Neil and Buzz (left) brief NASA managers before a training session described in the Crew Training Summary as a "Lunar Timeline Demo for Dr. (George) Mueller (NASA Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight from 1963 to 1969)." 22 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (left) watches Neil use the Lunar Equipment Conveyor (LEC) to move a box between the cabin and the surface. During the mission, Buzz was in the cabin during LEC operations. It seems likely that the 'CDR' sign on the back of Neil's PLSS was added for Mueller's benefit. In a photo of Neil, S69-31108, taken a week earlier on 15 April, he does not have a 'CDR' sign on the back of his PLSS. 22 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (left) gets into position to collect a sample during training while Neil prepares a sample bag. 22 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) and Buzz during training in Houston. Note the OPS activator on the left side of Buzz's RCU mockup and the camera bracket on the front. Neil's pressure gauge and Omega watch can be seen on his right forearm. Buzz has a strap-on checklist on the gauntlet of his left glove. Journal Contributor Karl Dodenhoff notes that both Neil and Buzz are wearing protective covers on the front of the suit where we would normally see the various connection ports for oxygen and water. Photo is dated 23 April 1969 but was undoubtedly taken on 22 April 1969 during the "Lunar Timeline Demo for Dr. (George) Mueller". Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz Aldrin (left) and Neil Armstrong prepare to collect a documented sample. Buzz has the gnomon in his right hand and the large scoop in his right. Neil is wearing the EVA Hasselblad and will take pre-sampling photos of the foreground rock once Buzz gets the gnomon in place. During the mission, Neil and Buzz ran out of time before they were able to collect any documented samples. 22 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Close-up of Neil's legs as he steps onto the simulated lunar surface during training. Good detail of the pocket attached to his left thigh with Velcro strips. 22 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (right) and Buzz practice collecting documented samples. Neil appears to be adjusting either the f-stop or focal distance on his chest-mounted Hasselblad. 22 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz practices with the large scoop. Note that he is wearing a saddle bag similar to the ones worn on the Moon by Pete Conrad and Al Bean during Apollo 12. The orange tint of the saddlebag suggests that, like the Apollo 12 examples, it was made of Teflon film. 22 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil appears to be taking a moment of rest during EVA training. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil may be taking a pan in this training photo. During the mission, Neil took a pan from near the ladder at 109:32:26. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Buzz practices deployment of the Passive Seismometer. The LR-Cube, which Neil deployed during the mission, is behind Buzz. Research by Ed Hengeveld. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil holds a weigh bag during EVA training. The bag is made of Teflon film and has rectangular metal frames at top and bottom to give it shape. Research by Ed Hengeveld. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (left) pours a sample from the large scoop into a sample bag. On the Moon, the internal pressure of the suit would have prevented Neil from bending as much at the waist as he is seen doing here. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (left) is holding the big scoop. He also has a pair of tongs, which appear to be tethered at his waist by the yo-yo that was used on the Moon by later crews. Neil (right) takes a documentation photo. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (left) uses the tongs to collect a small rock. Neil (right) has a sample bag ready. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil on the footpad during training. Note that a carabiner on his torso tie-down strap is hooked to the LEC. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

This training photo shows Buzz deploying the Solar Wind Collector (SWC). 22 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil uses the big scoop to pour a sample into a weigh bag attached to the edge of the MESA. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (left) uses the tongs to transfer a rock sample to a sample bag Neil is holding open. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz has the seismometer in his right hand and the LRRR in his left. Note that there are two LM mock-ups in view, one on the right and one beyond Buzz. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz is beyond Neil with the EASEP packages. Neil is wearing the Hasselblad and, after deploying the laser reflector, will document the deployment. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Aldrin and Armstrong during the 22 April 1969 "Lunar Timeline Demo for Dr. Mueller" are collecting documented samples. The Apollo 11 gnomon is in front of Buzz, who is holding the large, box-head scoop. He also has a pair of tongs attached at his waist. Note that Neil has his left side-visor down. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Buzz (left) collects a sample with the tongs while Neil prepares to take a documentation photo. Photo filed 22 April 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Buzz (left) has dropped a rock sample in the small sample bag held by Neil. Note that Neil is wearing a PLSS numbered "29" and Buzz is wearing one numbered "27". Photo filed 22 April 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Buzz (left) has grabbed a rock sample with the tongs while Neil has a small sample bag ready. Photo filed 22 April 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Buzz (left) collects a sample with the large scoop. Neil is in position to take documentation photos. Research by J.L. Pickering. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) is holding the gnomon. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil with the TV camera. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil positions the TV camera during training. 22 April 1969. Scan courtesy Gloria Sanchez and Mike Gentry, NASA Johnson.

Neil positions the TV camera during training. A detail shows his cuff checklist. Although the text is not legible, the length of various lines is, not surprisingly, different from the as-flown version. 22 April 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Buzz holds a LM model during a press conference. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Mike Collins during a press conference. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Close-up of Neil. Scan by Kipp Teague.

The Apollo 11 crew work with a Navy diver in a raft floating next to a Command Module mockup during a recovery exercise. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin (left to right) posing for a crew portrait. May 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Portrait of Neil Armstrong. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Portrait of Neil Armstrong. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Portrait of Mike Collins. NASA scan.

Portrait of Buzz Aldrin. NASA scan.

Portrait of Buzz Aldrin. Research by Ed Hengeveld.

Neil Armstrong (left), Mike Collins, and Buzz Aldrin pose in shirtsleeve with their Saturn V in the background. 20 May 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Original artwork for the Apollo 11 patch. Scan by NASA Johnson.

Aldrin, Armstrong, and Collins (left to right) during a recovery exercise. 24 May 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Neil poses on the deck of 'Retriever'. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Neil and Command Module mockup on the deck of 'Retriever'. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Clockwise around the table from the near left, Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Gene Cernan, Tom Stafford, Neil Armstrong, and John Young discuss the flight of Apollo 10, which Stafford, Young, and Cernan completed on 26 May 1969. 3 June 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin (left to right) with Bill Schick, Apollo Test Conductor, on the launch pad at the Cape during a 'walk-through emergency egress test'. Photo filed 10 June 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin (left to right) during a 'walk-through egress test'. 10 June 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Neil Armstrong on the tarmac at Ellington AFB after a flight in the LLTV (right rear). Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Neil Armstrong (left) and Buzz Aldrin prepare for an EVA training session, watched by Deke Slayton (right). A technician is checking Neil's cuff pressure gauge. Note that the chair backs have been removed to accommodate the PLSSs. A technician is checking Neil's cuff pressure gauge. Note the pocket strapped high on Neil's left leg. This contains the contingency sampler. 18 June 1969. Research by Jay Hanks.

Neil Armstrong (at MESA?) and Buzz Aldrin during training at the Cape. The rock box and the TV mounting hardware are highlighted in a detail. 16 June 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague. See, also, training photo S69-31573.

Neil Armstrong climbing out of the cockpit of a T-38, after arrival at Patrick Air Force Base. Photo filed 17 June 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Buzz Aldrin (left) and Mike Collins on arrival at Patrick Air Force Base in a T-38. Photo filed 17 June 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

(Left to right) Mike Collins, Neil Armstrong, and Buzz Aldrin posing in front of a LM mock-up. 19 June 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Mike Collins, Neil Armstrong, and Buzz Aldrin (left to right) pose in front of a LM mock-up. 19 June 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Mike Collins (left), Neil Armstrong, and Buzz Aldrin pose in front of a LM mock-up. Photo filed 19 June 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

This photo shows Neil in a LM simulator. The Interim Stowage Assembly ( ISA ) is on the left at Neil's back and the Environmental Control System (ECS) is at the right. 19 June 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Neil Armstrong having protective covers placed on flight shoes by suit technicians before leaving LM simulator after flight training session. Photo filed 19 June 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Mike Collins in simulator training. Photo filed 19 June 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Mike Collins in simulator training. Photo filed 19 June 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Pre-stowage photo of the flown Lunar Equipment Conveyor. Here, the LEC is positioned on the parts of the inner bag, which will be assembled with Velcro fastenings. 23 June 1969. Scan courtesy Gloria Sanchez and Mike Gentry, NASA Johnson.

Shows the inner bag partially assembled. 23 June 1969. Scan courtesy Gloria Sanchez and Mike Gentry, NASA Johnson.

Shows the inner bag fully assembled. 23 June 1969. Scan courtesy Gloria Sanchez and Mike Gentry, NASA Johnson.

Shows the outer stowage bag containing what are believed to be two 'waist tethers', each with a carabiner at either end. Note that the outer bag, itself, is equipped with a short strap and carabiner. The purpose of the 'waist tethers' is not clear; but, during Apollo 11, one was attached to the spare Hasselblad that Buzz placed on the cabin floor just inside the hatch during the EVA. 23 June 1969. Scan courtesy Gloria Sanchez and Mike Gentry, NASA Johnson.

Shows the outer bag with its own strap and carabiner tucked in and, stowed on edge at left and right, two extra carabiners. These are probably the carabiners that Neil and Buzz attached to their neckring tie-down straps. Buzz's can be seen in a detail from AS11-40-5873 and, more clearly, in a detail from training photo KSC69PC-362. 23 June 1969. Scan courtesy Gloria Sanchez and Mike Gentry, NASA Johnson.

Shows the outer bag with the LEC carabiners and pulley added. The inner bag is out of frame to the left. 23 June 1969. Scan courtesy Gloria Sanchez and Mike Gentry, NASA Johnson.

Shows the inner bag in place prior to closure of the outer bag. 23 June 1969. Scan courtesy Gloria Sanchez and Mike Gentry, NASA Johnson.

Mike in a Command Module simulator. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Mike in a Command Module simulator with an assistant. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Mike in a Command Module simulator. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Mike in a Command Module simulator. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Mike in a Command Module simulator. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Mike in a Command Module simulator. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Mike in a Command Module simulator. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Mike in a Command Module simulator. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Mike in a Command Module simulator. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil with the TV camera. In the background, Buzz seems to be deploying the Solar Wind Collector (SWC). These pictures were taken at the Kennedy Space Center, probably on 18 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

This may be Buzz shortly after he deployed the SWC. Note that 'Shade' is written near the bottom. If we were on the Moon, we would be looking toward the Sun. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz is off-loading the seismometer. The Gold camera is in the foreground. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) has removed the TV camera from the MESA and has put it on the tripod. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) and Buzz during training at the Cape. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil use the LEC to bring a Hasselblad down from the cabin. There is probably a technician in the cabin as a stand-in for Buzz, who watches from the background. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz collects a 'sample' with the tongs while Neil prepares to take a documentary photo. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Eagle. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Eagle. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Eagle. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Eagle. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Eagle. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Eagle. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil practices sample collection with the scoop. The Solar Wind Collector (SWC) has been 'deployed' in the box on the left. 25 June 1969. Research by J.L. Pickering. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil is on the left with the Gold Camera, while Buzz extracts the LRRR from the SEQ Bay. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz is at the top of the ladder. The only reason he can make the climb with any ease in Earth gravity is that he is not wearing a backpack and his suit is not inflated. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has the contingency sampler. Buzz is in the background. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (foreground) practices photographing Buzz's ladder descent. Buzz is about to step off the footpad. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil is removing the contingency sample bag from the sampler handle. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) and Buzz during training at the Cape. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) and Buzz prepare for EVA training at the Cape. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (left) extends the tongs, so Neil can remove the sample and put it in Buzz's hip-mounted saddle bag. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (foreground) uses the tongs to collect a sample near the LM, which he will put in the Gas Analysis Sample Container he has in his left hand. Neil is at the MESA. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (left) with the large scoop. Collecting a small rock like this on the Moon (along with a little soil) would be much easier on the Moon than on this hard floor. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) and Buzz during indoor training at the Cape. Neil is taken a photograph. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) and Buzz at the MESA. Buzz appears to be capping a core tube. He is wearing a weigh bag on his left hip, with a pack of individual sample bags attached to the lip of the weigh bag. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) and Buzz during indoor training at the Cape. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil uses the LEC to transfer a rockbox up to the cabin. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (center) has just opened the SEQ Bay doors. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

This suspension device was used to reduce the apparent weight of a flight PLSS so that crew could check EMU fit and function. The following series of pictures was taking on 25 June 1969 during the 'EMU CCFF' session listed in the Apollo 11 Crew Training Summaries for that date. Jack Schmitt remembers that CCFF was "Crew Compartment Fit and Function" The suits, PLSS and other gear seen in these pictures are evidently the flight units. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil practices putting a Hasselblad on the RCU mount. Buzz helps him see what he's doing by raising his visor. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil during the EMU CCFF at the Cape. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil in the suspension device shown in S69-38488. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil secures Buzz's LEVA neck covering. The photographs in this series are evidently not in chronological order. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil practices recharging the water reservoir in a PLSS. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (foreground) is either donning or doffing his PLSS, which is secured in the suspension device. On the back of Neil's suit, we see the patch of Chromel-R fabric that protects the suit from abrasion due to PLSS motions. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil seated during the EMU CCFF session. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz's flight RCU on a table with his OPS and lunar boots. This photo shows the OPS antenna secured under a fabric loop and also held done by the tip of a triangular flap secured with a snap. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil in the suspension device during the EMU CCFF session. His thigh pocket is being fitted. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil appears to be either opening or closing the pocket on his upper left arm. Ken Mattingly is in the background, wearing a dark-brown shirt. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil Armstrong (right) works on Buzz's suit hose connections during the EMU CCFF session. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz is wearing his left EVA glove and is holding one of Neil's hoses out of the way with his right hand while he examines/works on Neil's suspended PLSS. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

A suited subject, probably Neil, in the suspension device. Note the disconnected hoses. Someone is a blue coverall - probably Buzz - is working on the front of the suit. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz attaches his RCU to the front of his suit. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz helps Neil don a glove. Deke Slayton is on the far left, hands on hips. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil during the EMU CCFF session. The group of techs in the background appear to be securing Neil's PLSS in the suspension device. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil gets help donning his LEVA. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil practices taking pictures. Note that, although the camera is attached to the RCU bracket, he has it attached with a carabiner to the lanyard hanging on the front of his suit. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz is wearing an EVA glove and is working on Neil's PLSS, with Neil in the suspension device. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz works with his Hasselblad while in the suspension device. Deke Slayton watches from the left. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil sits while some techs continue to configure the PLSS and suspension device. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil is in the suspension device while he and some technicians work on his suit, possibly adjusting the thigh pocket. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil opens the pocket on his left thigh while in the suspension device. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil reaches for the cooling and oxygen controls on the right front of the bottom of his PLSS. Buzz takes a close look from below. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil leans forward, hands on his knees while Buzz examines his OPS. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil, seated, attaches his RCU while Buzz works on the righthand side of Neil's PLSS. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

One of the astronauts reaches for his cooling and oxygen controls on the right front corner on the bottom of the PLSS. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

One of the astronauts is about to take hold of his Hasselblad and attach the carabiner to the bottom of the handle. 25 June 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

The fit of Buzz Aldrin Portable Life Support System (PLSS) is checked with the help of a suspension system. 25 June 1969. Research by Ed Hengeveld. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil in a LM simulator. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil in a LM simulator. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Photo from behind of the LLRF vehicle approaching touchdown. Note that the 'craters' are painted on the flat tarmac. This frame comes from a set of clips provided by Mark Gray on his Apollo 11 DVD set and is used with permission. One clip indicates a date of 28 June 1969. Other clips show either Neil or Buzz walking out to the vehicle. After checking his log book for the time, Neil reported in 2003 "I flew from Patrick AFB (Cape) to Langley AFB in a T-38 on June 30, 1969 and returned on July 1. My log suggests that I was alone." The evidence, therefore, suggests that Neil and Buzz used the LLRF on different days. Late June 1969. Frame capture by Ken Glover.

Photo from behind of the LLRF vehicle approaching touchdown. Note that the 'craters' are painted on the flat tarmac. This frame comes from a set of clips provided by Mark Gray on his Apollo 11 DVD set and is used with permission. Late June 1969. Frame capture by Ken Glover.

Buzz Aldrin takes a picture with his chest-mounted Hasselblad camera during a KC-135 exercise. The aircraft is flown in repeated parabolic flight paths to provide about 30 seconds of one-sixth g on the downward leg of each parabola. A detail shows a carabiner fitted to his neckring tiedown and attached to the bottom of the camera handle. July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Neil Armstrong during suit-up prior to a Countdown Demonstration Test. 3 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Neil Armstrong during suit-up prior to a Countdown Demonstration Test. 3 July 1969. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Buzz Aldrin during suit-up prior to a Countdown Demonstration Test. 3 July 1969. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Mike Collins during suit-up prior to a Countdown Demonstration Test. 3 July 1969. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

In the White Room, Guenter Wendt (wearing glasses at rear) and his team work with Mike Collins, (left rear), Buzz Aldrin (foreground), and Neil Armstrong (next to Wendt) during a Countdown Demonstration Test. Because the crew is not wearing their helmets, this picture was probably taken as they were leaving the spacecraft. 3 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins (left to right) in the transfer van returning from the pad with suit tech Joe Schmitt after a Countdown Demonstration Test. Note that, although the astronauts have removed their helmets, they are still using their Portable Oxygen Ventilators to provide air circulation and cooling. Note that the units attached to the suits have white hoses while the unit on the left has black hoses. Perhaps because each unit could only provide oxygen for a limited amount of time, at least two sets of units were used sequentially from the time that the crew started breathing pure oxygen in the suiting room until they were hooked up to spacecraft oxygen. Journal Contributor James Hill calls attention to the fact that, as can be seen in launch-day photo 69-H-1121, units with white hoses were in use as they boarded the transfer van for the trip to the pad and, as can be seen in launch-day photo KSC-69PC-399, by the time they were on the swing arm, they were using black-hose units. In a May 2007 exchange of e-mail, Apollo suit tech Troy Stewart indicated that the black hoses were probably the same as the white hoses except that the outer, thermal insulation had been removed. We do not currently know if there was a thermal reason for using two different units or if the units could provide oxygen for less than the hour that the crews typically used the POVs and the difference in the hoses was a means of keeping track of the units. Photo filed 3 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Neil Armstrong (left), Buzz Aldrin, and Mike Collins answer questions in a pre-flight press conference. 5 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Buzz Aldrin arrives for work, holding the keys to his Corvette. Photo filed 10 July 1969. Scan by Frederick Artner.

Buzz Aldrin trains in the 1-6th-g aircraft. Note the hatch/porch mockup in the background used to practice egress and ingress. See Neil's comments about egress training following 109:17:29. 10 July 1969. On the front of Buzz's suit, note the comm cable connecting him to the tech at the right leaning against the bulkhead and wearing headphones and a microphone. Research by Ed Hengeveld.

Buzz is on a short mock-up of the LM porch and ladder in the KC-135 aircraft, and is trying to handle a flying rock box attached to the porch rail with a lanyard. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) and Buzz in shirtsleeves in a LM simulator. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz giving thumbs up sign leaving helicopter he flew to simulate lunar module flight. Photo filed 10 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Neil Armstrong with astronaut Don L. Lind in KSC's Flight Crew Training Building. Note the pressure gauge on Neil's right wrist. Photo filed 10 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin work in shirtsleeves in the LM simulator at the Cape. 11 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Buzz Aldrin (left), Mike Collins, and Neil Armstrong review flight plans. 11 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

The NASA caption to this picture reads: "Apollo-11 commander Neil A. Armstrong descends the ladder of the Lunar Module Training Vehicle during practice for his upcoming lunar landing mission."

In response to an August 2003 e-mail, Neil wrote, ":I really don't have the foggiest idea of what I was doing. I don't think it had anything to do with simulation. If I were simulating a mission phase, I would have the helmet on and suit pressurized. On the other hand, if it was only 5 days before flight, I would not be wearing the suit unless it was for a purpose." 11 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Neil Armstrong at the foot of the ladder on a LM mock-up during training. He seems to be inspecting the insulation on the strut and/or footpad. 11 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague. Note that, within a given sequence of KSC images, later images have lower numbers.

Neil approaching helicopter for practice session. Photo filed 12 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Mike Collins (left) and Deke Slayton, director of Flight Crew Operations, walking from T-38 aircraft at Patrick AFB. Photo filed 12 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Deke Slayton (on stool at left), Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins during the last pre-flight press conference. Photo filed 13 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Buzz Aldrin (left), Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins during the last pre-flight press conference. Photo filed 13 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Buzz Aldrin (left), Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins during the last pre-flight press conference. 13 July 1969. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

The two Oxygen Purge Systems as stowed in the LM prior to launch. Note that Neil's name is written in red lettering while Buzz's is black. Scan by J.L. Pickering / Ulrich Lotzmann.

Neil Armstrong reviews flight plans. Photo filed 14 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Buzz Aldrin reviews maps of the area they will pass over after LM launch from the lunar surface. The map in his left hand has the landing ellipse at the bottom. Photo filed 14 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Buzz Aldrin eating supper in crew quarters on the night before launch. Photo filed 15 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Buzz Aldrin (left) and Neil Armstrong at the pre-launch breakfast. Photo filed 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Bill Anders, Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin, and Slayton (left to right) during the pre-launch breakfast. Deke is discussing a map which might show the location of recovery ships or of communications sites to be used during the early phases of the missions. 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Mike Collins (left), Neil Armstrong, Bill Anders, Buzz Aldrin, and Deke Slayton during the pre-launch breakfast. Photo filed 13 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Neil Armstrong and Deke Slayton in discussion while technicians work on the hoses for Neil portable cooling unit. 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Neil Armstrong and a suit technician during pre-flight suiting. 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Portrait of Mike Collins during suit-up for launch. Photo filed 16 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Suit Tech Joe Schmitt getting Mike Collins ready for launch. Photo filed 16 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Portrait of Buzz Aldrin during suit-up for launch. Photo filed 16 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Buzz Aldrin yawns during pre-flight suiting. 16 July 1969. Scan by KSC Archives.

Bill Anders shakes hands with Buzz and wishes him well as he and the others enter the elevator in the MSOB on launch day. Note Buzz's black IV glove. Note, also, the LM tether attachment on the Buzz's right hip, a clear indication that the astronaut is a LM crewman. Ken Glover notes that in KSC-69PC-377 ( 136k ), taken late in suit-up, we see a black strap running from ear-to-ear across the top of his Snoopy cap. That same black strap can be seen in KSC-69PC-399 ( 200k ), shows Neil walking across the swing arm with the black strap still in place. In contrast, suit-up photo 69-H-1131 ( 110k ) shows Buzz already in his helmet but with the strap hanging down over his right ear. The LM crewman in KSC-69P-639 does not have a black strap running across the top of his Snoopy cap. See, also, KSC-69PC-412 125k. 16 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Neil waves to well wishers on the way out to the transfer van. Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin and Deke Slayton (dark shirt behind Aldrin to the left) follow Neil down the hallway. Note that they are carrying Portable Oxygen Ventilators with whites hoses. See the discussion in the caption to 69-H-1057. Photo filed 16 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Neil Armstrong (front), Mike Collins, and Buzz Aldrin leave for the launch pad. 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Neil Armstrong leads the crew from the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building to the transfer van. 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Neil Armstrong and Mike Collins cross the CM access walkway on swing arm No. 9. Note that they are now carrying Portable Oxygen Ventilators (POVs) with black hoses. Suit tech Joe Schmitt is behind Collins carrying at least one white-hosed POV. See the discussion in the caption to 69-H-1057. 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

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The command and service modules for Apollo 11 are installed in the altitude chamber of the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building at KSC. Scan by Kipp Teague.

NASA Caption: "View of CDR's position in Apollo lunar module ascent stage (port side). Triangular-shaped window is at center, with instrument-panel glare shield between window and CDR's main flight panel. Extending down forward cabin wall is the (crewman) optical alignment sight (COAS). CDR's circuit breaker panel ( CB(11) ) is at left." Photo filed 28 January 1969. Scans by Frederic Artner.

Eagle's main instrument panel photographed under dark conditions with panel illumination turned on. Photo filed 28 January 1969. Scans by Frederic Artner.

NASA Caption: "Interior of Apollo lunar module ascent stage cabin area looking aft. Ascent engine housing is in lower foreground and docking hatch is at the top." Photo filed 28 January 1969. Scans by Frederic Artner.

Apollo 11 S-IC first stage in the Vehicle Assembly Building transfer aisle. Photo filed 21 February 1969. Scans by Kipp Teague.

A crane lifts the Saturn first stage. 21 February 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague / J.L. Pickering.

A crane lifts the S-IC stage in preparation for stacking on a mobile launcher within the VAB's High Bay 1. Photo filed 21 February 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Arrival of Apollo 11 Instrument Unit (IU) at KSC aboard Super Guppy. 6 March 1969. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Suit technician Joe Schmitt assists Apollo 11 backup lunar module pilot Fred W. Haise, Jr., left, and James A. Lovell, backup crew commander, into lunar module for manned altitude run. Photo filed 20 March 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Workers prepare the S-IVB for mating of the Instrument Unit (pictured left), which houses guidance, control and other Saturn V systems. Photo filed 21 March 1969 Scan by Kipp Teague.

The S-II second stage is moved into position for mating with the S-IC first stage. Photo filed 21 March 1969 Scan by Kipp Teague.

This photo shows the S-IVB third stage being hoisted into position for mating with the second stage. Photo filed 21 March 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

The S-IVB third stage is moved into position for mating. Photo filed 21 March 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

LM-5 Ascent stage. 4 April 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

LM-5. Harald Kucharek notes that Eagle still has a probe attached to the plus-Z footpad, as indicated in a detail. See the discussion at 102:45:40. Note, also, that the flag kit has not yet been attached to the ladder; that will not happen until launch day. See the discussion following 110:15:47. 4 April 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

LM-5 is prepared for placement in the Apollo 11 spacecraft adapter. 4 April 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 CSM being moved from its work stand for mating. 11 April 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

The Apollo 11 Command/Service Module (CSM-107) being readied for transfer to the Vehicle Assembly Building. Photo filed 18 April 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

This photo shows the Apollo 11 Command-and-Service Module being mated to the spacecraft adapter. Photo filed April 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

This photo shows the Apollo 11 Command-and-Service Module being mated to the spacecraft adapter. Photo filed 1 May 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

The Apollo 11 spacecraft assembly is hoisted for mating to the launch vehicle. Photo filed 1 May 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Aerial view of Saturn V SA-506, the space vehicle for the first lunar landing mission, moving down the 3.5 mile crawler way to Launch Complex 39A. Photo filed 20 May 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 CM/Saturn V on rollout. 20 May 1969. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Apollo 11 CM/Saturn V in the VAB. 20 May 1969. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Overall view of AS-506 prior to rollout. 20 May 1969. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Side view of Apollo 11 in VAB on the morning of rollout. 20 May 1969. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Apollo 11 Saturn V rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building. 20 May 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 Saturn V rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building. 20 May 1969. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Aerial view of the Apollo 11 Saturn V rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building. 20 May 1969. Research by J. L. Pickering.

View of the Apollo 11 rollout. Scan by Kipp Teague.

View of the Apollo 11 rollout. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

View of the Apollo 11 rollout. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Photographers document the Apollo 11 Saturn V rollout. 20 May 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Another view of the Apollo 11 rollout. 20 May 1969. Scans by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 rollout. Photo filed 20 May 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

The Apollo 11 Saturn V moves down the crawlerway toward the launch pad at one mile per hour. Photo filed 20 May 1969. Scans by Kipp Teague.

A view of the Apollo 11 Saturn V during transport past the Mobile Service Structure. Photo filed 20 May 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 Saturn V during transport. 20 May 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

This photo is a ground-level view of the Apollo 11 Saturn V during transport. The vehicle is 363 feet (111 meters) tall. Photo filed 20 May 1969. Scans by Kipp Teague.

This photo shows the Apollo 11 Saturn V as it nears the launch pad. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 Saturn V on the Crawler as it begins to go up the ramp to Pad 39-A. Photo filed 20 May 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 Saturn V on the Crawler climbing the ramp to Pad 39-A. Scan by ????.

Apollo 11 Saturn V near the end of rollout. 20 May 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

This photo is an aerial view of the Apollo 11 Saturn V moving to the firing position on the pad at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo filed 20 May 1969. Scans by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 CSM closeout. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Apollo 11 CSM closeout. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Apollo 11 CSM closeout. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Apollo 11 CSM closeout. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Apollo 11 CSM closeout. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Apollo 11 CSM closeout. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Apollo 11 CSM closeout. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Apollo 11 CSM closeout. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Apollo 11 CSM closeout. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Apollo 11 CSM closeout. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Apollo 11 CSM closeout. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Apollo 11 CSM closeout. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Apollo 11 CSM closeout. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Apollo 11 CSM closeout. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Apollo 11 CSM closeout. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Apollo 11 Saturn V on the pad at the Kennedy Space Center. 1 July 1969. Scans by Kipp Teague.

The Apollo 11 Saturn V on Pad 39A. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

The Apollo 11 Saturn V on Pad 39A in the evening after rollout. 20 May 1969. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Spacecraft components in the Operations and Checkout Building. Scan by KSC Archives.

This photo shows the Apollo 11 Saturn V on the pad at the Kennedy Space Center with the Mobile Service Structure being moved into place. Photo filed 1 July 1969. Scans by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 Saturn V on the pad during the Countdown Demonstration Test. Photo filed 1 July 1969. Scans by Kipp Teague.

View of Apollo 11 from the tower, with the Mobile Service Structure opposite. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Components of the Apollo 11 plaque prior to assembly and installation. July 1969. Scan by Frederic Artner.

A technician holds the Apollo 11 plaque with the hinged cover open prior to installation on the LM ladder strut. July 1969. Research by Frederic Artner. See, also, the installed plaque and cover. Scan by Paul Fjeld.

Apollo 11 plaque, probably as installed on the LM prior to launch. July 1969. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

The floodlit Apollo 11 Saturn V on Pad 39-A during a Countdown Demonstration Test. 1 July 1969. Scans by Kipp Teague.

The floodlit Apollo 11 Saturn V on Pad 39-A during a Countdown Demonstration Test. 1 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Mobile Service Structure moves away from the Apollo 11 Saturn V on the pad. 2 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

The Mobile Service Structure (MSS) moves down the pad 39A ramp, leaving the Saturn V alone during a Countdown Demonstration Test. Photo filed 11 July 1969. Scans by Kipp Teague.

High-angle view of the White Room and the Apollo 11 Command-and-Service Module. Photo filed 11 July 1969. Scans by Kipp Teague.

Personnel atop the 402-ft. Mobile Service Structure look back at the Apollo 11 spacecraft as the tower is moved away during a Countdown Demonstration Test. Photo filed 11 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

The Apollo 11 Saturn V on the pad at night during a Countdown Demonstration Test on 11 July 1969. Scans by Kipp Teague.

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The Apollo 11 Saturn V at the moment of ignition. 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Seconds after first-stage ignition for the launch of Apollo 11. 16 July 1969. Scans by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 Saturn V liftoff. Photo filed 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 Saturn V liftoff. 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 Saturn V liftoff. 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 Saturn V liftoff. 16 July 1969. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

The Apollo 11 S-IC stage passes a launch tower camera. 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 Saturn V about to clear the tower. View from the LC-39 press site. Photo filed 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 Saturn V clear of the tower. 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Lt. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips at the Apollo 11 launch. Photo filed 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 Saturn V just seconds after lift-off. Photo filed 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Fisheye view from the launch tower of the Apollo 11 Saturn V, seconds after first-stage ignition. 16 July 1969. Scans by Kipp Teague.

Kipp describes this as an exceptionally beautiful image of the Apollo 11 lift-off. 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 launch from inside the firing room at the Cape. Photo filed 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 Saturn V from the control room at the Kennedy Space Center after rising about ten times its own length. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 after pitchover. Note the condensation cloud that has formed in air expanding aft of the first-stage/second-stage transition. 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 as viewed from an Air Force EC-135N plane. Journal Contributor James Hill notes that the bottom of the first stage seems to be engulfed in the hot exhaust. Journal Contributor Paul Fjeld writes, "It's called 'plume recirculation.' Because the F-1 nozzles are underexpanded for that altitude, a very small bit of the escaping burn mass actually goes forward from the lip of the nozzle. Because there are neighbor nozzles doing the same thing there is even more pinging 'upwards.' Couple that with a suction behind the detached part of the supersonic shock wave forming on the side of the S1-C stage and you get that dirty fire creeping up the rocket. It was expected and protected against. You can see the same phenomenon on shuttle launches just before the solids kick off - it looks like the bottom of the External Tank is on fire!" 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Wernher von Braun. The binoculars and the gesture suggest that this was taken during a post-launch discussion at the Cape. 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Launch control team member Jerry Croley writes, "We were listening to Vice President Spiro Agnew, who gave us a pep talk about an hour after the launch." Deke Slayton, in a dark shirt with no tie, is six from the right in the second row, and Alan Shepard is next but one to Slayton's right. 16 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

CapCom Charlie Duke (left), backup Commander Jim Lovell (next right), and backup Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise (next to Lovell) in the MOCR during the Apollo 11 landing. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Dave Scott in the MOCR during Apollo 11. 20 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Spacecraft dynamics during lunar touchdown - various graphs.

This photo shows the Apollo 12 LM crew, Pete Conrad and Al Bean, and, behind them, their backups, Dave Scott (behind Al) and Jim Irwin, monitoring Apollo 11 activities after the landing.

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Journal Contributors Brian Lawrence and Ken Glover note that this photo was taken in the MOCR at 110:09:25 while Neil and Buzz were deploying the U.S. Flag. Scan by Kipp Teague.

This image shows Neil wearing his pressure suit as he and Buzz prepare for undocking. Image courtesy Mark Gray and Andrew Chaikin.

Some images are currently available only as low-resolution scans provided by NASA Johnson in the mid-1990s. The individual scans have TARGA filenames. Markus Mehring has compiled cross-references between those filenames and the NASA photo ID designations customarily used. Other images are available as higher resolution scans from prints and, unless otherwise credited, were provided by Kipp Teague. Beginning in 2004, NASA began to provide scans from original film and, as they become available to the ALSJ, we are using them to replace all prior versions. The scans from original film were done at approximately 4000 by 4000 pixels and are presented at 300 dpi equivalent. They are labeled "OF300".

Unless otherwise noted, all images processed by Kipp Teague from raw scans provided by NASA Johnson. Images labeled "OF300" are from the original film and are presented at the equivalent of 300 DPI on an 7.5 inch by 7.5 inch reproduction.

Magazine 36 was used during translunar coast and in lunar orbit.

Neil in the Command Module. Scan courtesyNASA.

Mike in the Command Module. Scan courtesyNASA Johnson.

View of Earth from orbit. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Part of the docking/tunnel hardware in the Command Module at the time the crew first entered the LM. Scan courtesyNASA Johnson.

Neil floats in the tunnel connecting the LM And CM, using the TV to document Buzz doing a LM inspection. This photo was, of course, taken by Mike Collins. With regard to the TV camera, Journal Contributor Markus Mehring writes, "What you're seeing here is an extra TV monitor attached to the cam with the ever-present gray tape. Early crews had no such monitor or other means of image control and complained about their inability to easily/properly point the camera inside the cramped quarters of their spacecraft, so this was what they were granted. The camera is the Westinghouse color model, essentially the same model that suffered the burnout on A12, only that this one is IVA-black while the A12 camera was EVA-white. Also note that the camera is actually held upside-down (that is, we're seeing its top side), to capture the CM interior in proper alignment for the TV audience. Karl Dodenhoff has provided a labeled version. Scans by Kipp Teague.

This photo, taken during the initial LM inspection, on the day before lunar orbit insertion, shows the 16-mm Data Acquisition Camera (DAC) mounted in the LMP's window. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Neil took this picture of Buzz during their initial inspection of the LM. Journal Contributor David Sander notes that "Buzz is wearing his intravehicular suit, a specially made set of garments designed to be as flame retardant as the rest of the ship, and made from the same fabric as the outer layer of the spacesuits". Scan by Kipp Teague.

View of the LMP's station during the initial LM inspection. Scan courtesy Mike Gentry, NASA Johnson.

Bob Farwell has combined 5389 and 5390 in a 'mini-pan'. Note that Neil changed position between the two shots and, particularly in the overhead, the two images don't match particularly well. Erik van Meijgaarden notes that Buzz seems to be inviting us into the LM, a lovely thought.

View of the LM and Earth during translunar coast. Scans by Kipp Teague.

Unless otherwise noted, all images processed by Kipp Teague from raw scans provided by NASA Johnson. Images labeled "OF300" are from the original film and are presented at the equivalent of 300 DPI on an 7.5 inch by 7.5 inch reproduction.

Magazine 37 was used in the LM in lunar orbit prior to the landing and then on the lunar surface.

Thierry Bisiaux and Markus Mehring wrote many of the captions.

High oblique view centered on Crater 218 at latitude 4.0N longitude 146.0E

Earth from lunar orbit. Neil managed to capture Earth aiming through his overhead window, with the planet appearing right above a support strut for the VHF antenna on his side of the spacecraft.

Earth from lunar orbit. After a slight relative pitch to the left, Earth now appears near the RCS quad on Neil's side.

Lunar horizon from orbit as seen through Neil's window, looking over to his left side in the direction of travel.

Approaching Apollo Landing Site 2 in the southwestern Sea of Tranquility, still watching out of Neil's window to his left (directly due West), with the RCS quad in the lower left corner. When this picture was made, the LM was still docked to the CSM. Landing Site 2 is located just right of center at the very edge of the terminator. Crater Maskelyne is the large one at the lower right, with Maskelyne B directly beyond. Hypatia Rille (U.S. Highway Number One) is at upper left, with the crater Moltke just to the right (north) of it. Sidewinder Rille and Diamondback Rille extend from left to right across the center of the picture. Maskelyne and Maskelyne B have a diameter of almost 24 and 9 km respectively, and the distance from the crater center of Maskelyne to the Apollo 11 landing site is about 210 km. While Moltke is a relatively small crater, with a diameter of merely 6.5 km, its very light ejecta blanket makes it easy to find for Earth-based observers with moderately sized telescopes, making it a popular landmark for locating Station Tranquillitatis. Research by Danny Caes. Markus Mehring has produced a richly-labeled version ( 0.3 Mb ). See, also, Figure 1-20a ( 0.8 Mb or 0.1 Mb ) in the Apollo 11 Preliminary Science Report. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Vertical downward view onto the dark lunar surface directly behind the terminator, hence unusable.

Next orbit, post-undocking. Earthrise beyond the RCS quad to Neil's left.

Earthrise sequence.

Earthrise sequence.

Earthrise sequence, but darker.

Post-undocking view of the CSM during the separation sequence, with the eastern part of the Sea of Fertility (Mare Fecunditatis) about 195 km below. North is to the right.

CSM separation sequence.

Command Module Columbia over Craters Taruntius K, Taruntius P, and Dorsum Cayeux in north central Mare Fecunditatis (Sea of Fertility). The coordinates of the center of the picture are 51 degrees east longitude and 1 degree north latitude. About half of the crater Taruntius G is visible in the upper left corner of the picture. Research by Danny Caes. Markus Mehring notes that the two craters partly visible at the top are Anvil and Taruntius H.

CSM separation sequence.

Command Module over western Sea of Tranquility. Crater Moltke is at the upper left. North is to the right. This view also includes the Apollo 11 landing site, which is just above and to the left of Columbia. Research by Danny Caes. As indicated in a labeled version by Markus Mehring, the Apollo 11 landing site is at the center of the photo, NNW of the CSM and ESE of the Cat's Paw landmark. The sharp-rimmed crater at the lower left edge is Moltke. Hypatia Rille (also known as U.S. 1) extends through the top left corner of the image. The crater directly to the right of the CSM has been named Collins following the Apollo 11 mission. The crater Aldrin is in the top right corner of this image. The third crater named in honor of the Apollo 11 crew, Armstrong, would be to the lower right of this photo and cannot be seen here. During the Apollo 11 mission, the craters Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins were still referred to as Sabine E, D and B respectively, with Sabine C being the crater that forms a triangle with B and D in this photo. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

CSM separation sequence. The CSM can be seen near the center of the image, with the sharp-rimmed crater Schmidt directly right of it. The crater part in the lower right corner is the western part of Sabine, and the partially visible rim at the right edge of the image belongs to Ritter. This is the last photo taken from the LM prior to the powered descent, and eventually the landing one orbit later.

The next eleven frames were taken on the lunar surface just after the landing, and form a contingency panorama in order to briefly document the site and its immediately interesting features, so that the crew wouldn't have been forced to leave with empty hands in case of a No Stay decision.

View of lunar surface just after landing with a thruster on the foreground, seen towards the left/South through Neil's window.

View of lunar surface just after landing, right of AS11-37-5449.

Down-Sun (west) view of lunar surface just after landing with the LM shadow, lunar horizon and a partial view of a shallow crater to the left of the LM shadow.

Good view of the eastern portion of the double crater under Neil's window.

Western portion of the double crater with the LM shadow.

This down-Sun photo was taken out of Buzz's LM window prior to the EVA. Note the western portion of the double crater just to the left of the LM shadow.

View of lunar surface just after landing with the LM shadow and lunar horizon.

Continued pan to the right. The US flag will be set up below the center of this view. First look on the boulder field in some distance, which was suspected to originate from the impact that created West Crater. A thruster on Buzz' side appears in the lower right corner.

Right of AS11-37-5456. A small, raised-rim crater in the background to the right appears.

Rightward of AS11-37-5457. View out Buzz's window toward the Northwest prior to the EVA. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil got the camera back from Buzz and took this frame, which is centered on the intersection between the two components of the double crater, with the younger crater to the right.

The last ninety-six frames were taken from inside the LM after EVA completion.

Buzz starts several redundant post-EVA pans to the left and right out of his window. Note that now, several hours after the landing, the LM shadow is noticeably shorter than in the same view from the pre-EVA panorama. Buzz may have made the footprints on the near rim of the double crater at the time he took his plus-Z pan

Buzz moved slightly to his right to take this picture which, otherwise is similar to 5460.

Buzz moved slightly to his left before taking another view similar to 5460.

Buzz moved farther to his right to take this down-Sun.

View to the right of 5463. Footprints are visible to the lower right.

Rightward of 5464. View of lunar surface after EVA completion with the LM and US flag shadow. Numerous footprints are visible.

Rightward of 5465. View of lunar surface after EVA completion with the US flag.

Rightward of 5466. View of lunar surface after EVA completion with the US flag and TV camera. Note the difference between the darker, heavily disturbed soil around the camera, and the undisturbed light soil where Neil and Buzz didn't set foot. See also the routes on the Traverse Map and compare to the same area prior to the EVA.

View out Buzz's window over the thrusters after the EVA. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Assembled by David Harland.

Rightward of 5468. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

View of lunar soil below Buzz's window after EVA completion with a part of the flag and the TV camera visible.

Similar to AS11-37-5470, a little higher with clear footprints around the LM and the flag. The thin, black shadow that is cast onto the surface directly beneath the center RCS thruster in the foreground originates from the solar wind collector staff, now bereft of its foil.

Similar to AS11-37-5470, with entire flag and camera.

Left of 5472.

Left of 5473. View of lunar soil after EVA completion with LM and flag shadow.

The black shadow of the LM is silhouetted against the Moon's surface in this photograph taken from inside the lunar module. Impressions in the lunar soil made by the lunar boots of the two astronauts are clearly visible. Note that Buzz moved to his right to get the entire shadow in the field-of-view.

Similar to AS11-37-5475, slightly on the left.

Similar to AS11-37-5476 but aimed higher to include the horizon.

Same as AS11-37-5475, slightly on the right. The flag shadow appears near a boulder.

View of lunar surface after EVA completion with the flag and its shadow, rightward of 5478

This post-EVA photo out Buzz's window shows the U.S. flag, the TV camera, and the cluster of boulders beyond which were probably ejected from West Crater. Note the raised rim on the fresh, young crater in the middle distance beyond and to the right of the TV camera. Note, also, the cable running from the MESA to the TV camera. Scans courtesy NASA Johnson.

Rightward from AS11-37-5480.

Same as AS11-37-5480.

Same as AS11-37-5480, a little to the left.

Same as AS11-37-5479.

Same as AS11-37-5478.

Same as AS11-37-5475.

Same as AS11-37-5475, partially hidden.

Same as AS11-37-5475.

Same as AS11-37-5475.

View to the WNW out Buzz's window after the EVA. Scans courtesy NASA Johnson.

Same as AS11-37-5479.

Same as AS11-37-5475.

Same as AS11-37-5475.

Same as AS11-37-5475, with the flag shadow.

View of lunar surface after EVA completion with the flag and the TV camera.

Buzz has handed the camera over to Neil, who now starts to document the post-EVA surface over on his side with a view to the West. The dark diffuse field in the center of the photo is an LPD marker in Neil's window.

View of lunar surface after EVA completion. The younger member of the double crater is at the lower right and the older member is at the lower left.

View of lunar surface after EVA completion. The LRRR appears just to the right of the thruster and the upper part of the seismometer antenna sticks up beyond the top of the thruster bell.

Similar to AS11-37-5498. More of the PSEP (Passive Seismic Experiment Package) appears just over the thruster.

Same as AS11-37-5497.

View of lunar surface after EVA completion, right of AS11-37-5500. The younger component of the double crater fills the near field.

View of lunar surface after EVA completion, right of AS11-37-5501.

Same as AS11-37-5500, but clearer.

Same as AS11-37-5499.

The black shadow of the LM is silhouetted against the Moon's surface in this photograph taken from inside the lunar module. Impressions in the lunar soil made by the lunar boots of the two astronauts are clearly visible.

View of earth from the lunar surface taken through the rendezvous window over Neil's head.

Unsuccessful attempt to photograph the earth from the rendezvous window.

Same as AS11-37-5507.

Same as AS11-37-5507.

Neil has handed the camera back to Buzz, who is again shooting through his window. LM black shadow silhouetted against the Moon's surface.

View of the US flag from LM.

View of lunar surface from the LM, with the US flag and the TV camera. Boulders and a small crater in the background.

View of lunar surface from the LM with a thruster in the foreground and three quite nicely lined-up craters in the background.

Same as AS11-37-5513, a little to the right.

View of the TV camera from LM with a LM thruster on the foreground. Four craters are visible on the right of the camera.

The US flag, deployed on the surface of the Moon, dominates this photograph taken from inside the LM. The footprints are clearly visible around the flag.

Same as AS11-37-5516. The boulders in the background beyond the TV camera are probably ejecta from West Crater.

Buzz has handed the camera back to Neil, who starts a series of photos over to his right through Buzz' window. Narrow view onto the lunar surface.

Same as AS11-37-5518 with the top of the flag and part of the flag shadow.

View of lunar surface from LM, with a part of the flag and the TV camera. Some boulders and a small crater in the background.

Now it's Buzz' turn to shoot through Neil's window, over to the left. Partial view of lunar surface.

The camera is back with Neil, who is again shooting through Buzz' window to the right. View of lunar surface from LM, with the US flag shadow near a small boulder.

View of lunar surface from LM, with the US flag and a part of the TV camera. Note that, from Neil's side of the cabin, the horizon beyond the TV camera is cutoff by the top of Buzz's window.

View of lunar surface from LM, with a part of the flag and boulders in the background.

View of lunar surface from LM, with US flag shadow.

Neil has again handed the camera over to Buzz, who again is shooting to his left through Neil's window. Partial view of the lunar surface. The violet spot on the upper right of the window is the "eyepiece" of the COAS (Crewman Optical Alignment Sight).

Same as AS11-37-5526. The dark diffuse streak extending below the violet COAS eyepiece is the LPD ladder in Neil's window.

Buzz took this picture of Neil in the cabin after the completion of the EVA. Neil has his helmet off but has not yet doffed his "Snoopy" cap. The circuit breaker panels are illuminated, and a small floodlight is on at the lower right. A circuit breaker chart has been fixed up on the wall with gray tape, below the rendezvous window in the cabin roof. Scans by Kipp Teague.

The COAS can be seen silhouetted against the window behind Neil. Scans by Kipp Teague.

Buzz has handed the camera back to Neil again who now attempts to portrait Buzz in the cabin. Washed out by the extremely bright light being reflected from the surface. The circuit breaker panel illumination on Buzz' side of the cabin is on, and just like Neil he is still wearing his Snoopy cap. Scans by Kipp Teague.

Post-EVA photo of Buzz. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Similar to AS11-37-5530. Buzz has turned his head and is looking out of the window.

Portrait of Buzz, who is now left of his window.

Post-EVA photo of Buzz. Note the 16-mm camera at the upper right. Scan and enhancement by Bob Farwell / Kipp Teague.

Neil has handed the camera once more back to Buzz, who continues the pans out of his window. US Flag and TV camera from Buzz's window with a LM thruster in the foreground. The focus is still set to a close range, hence we see the surface out of focus, but have a sharp view on the RCS quad in the foreground.

Similar to AS11-37-5535.

Similar to AS11-37-5535.

Similar to AS11-37-5535, a little higher.

Left of AS11-37-5538, still out of focus.

LM and US flag shadow on lunar surface from Buzz's window.

Similar to AS11-37-5540, a little to the left.

The TV camera on the lunar surface with a LM thruster in the foreground from Buzz's window. Buzz has noticed that the lens is set up wrong, and has eventually corrected the focus setting.

The lunar surface with a LM thruster in the foreground from Buzz's window.

The US flag, deployed on the surface of the Moon, dominates this photograph taken from inside the LM. The footprints are clearly visible around the flag.

The US flag, deployed on the surface of the Moon, dominates this photograph taken from inside the LM. In the far background is the deployed black and white lunar surface television camera which televised the lunar surface extravehicular activity. The footprints are clearly visible around the flag and the camera. The shadow on the right of the flag just below the thruster comes from the SWC staff (solar wind collector).

Same as AS11-37-5545 with lunar horizon. Slightly stronger exposure settings than with similar shots before.

Same as AS11-37-5546, a little on the left.

The camera is once more back at Neil, who documents the surface experiments south of the LM. Two components of the EASEP are seen deployed. 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). A LM thruster appears on the foreground

Same as AS11-37-5548.

Same as AS11-37-5548.

Similar to 5548 but aimed a bit lower.

Finally the camera is back with Buzz, who takes a last few shots of the US flag and the TV camera to the north of the LM.

Same as AS11-37-5546.

Same as AS11-37-5546.

Same as AS11-37-5546. This concludes Magazine 37.

Unless otherwise noted, all images processed by Kipp Teague from raw scans provided by NASA Johnson. Images labeled "OF300" are from the original film and are presented at the equivalent of 300 DPI on an 7.5 inch by 7.5 inch reproduction.

Magazine 38 was used in lunar orbit, primarily for photography of the lunar farside.

Black&white photo of Earth taken during the trip home from the Moon. Scans by Kipp Teague.

Unless otherwise noted, all images processed by Kipp Teague from raw scans provided by NASA Johnson. Images labeled "OF300" are from the original film and are presented at the equivalent of 300 DPI on an 7.5 inch by 7.5 inch reproduction.

This is a b/w Hasselblad magazine and was used for documenting the landing site by several redundant pans from inside the LM cabin, both before and after the EVA. Very similar to Magazine 37. Neil and Buzz shot more frames in these pans than they were supposed to according to their Flight Plan and Surface Checklist. For the first 13 frames, this magazine was attached to the black IVA Hasselblad camera.

Captions by Markus Mehring

Calibration Chart (OF300) ( 74k ) AS11-39-5737 (OF300) ( 69k or 514k )

LM shadow and ground towards the West, directly underneath Neil's window. Slightly sunstruck.

Ground and crater, left of AS11-39-5737.

Ground and crater, left of AS11-39-5738, with RCS thruster in the left foreground.

LM shadow and ground with horizon towards the West. Slightly out of frame/obstructed.

Similar to AS11-39-5740, a bit to the left, improved framing.

Left of AS11-39-5741, good view on the crater under Neil's window.

Left of AS11-39-5742.

Left of AS11-39-5743. Better contrast than previous photos.

Left of AS11-39-5744, view towards the South, with RCS quad in the foreground.

Left of AS11-39-5745, with RCS quad.

A bit higher and right of AS11-39-5746, with RCS quad.

Again a bit and higher and to the right, with the horizon below the center of the photo, lower contrast than before.

Right of AS11-39-5748, with LM shadow, horizon centered.

At this point, the magazine was detached from the black Hasselblad and went onto the silver EVA Hasselblad. Hence the next 42 frames show reseau crosses. At the same time, Magazine 37 was put on the black IVA Hasselblad

Slightly right of AS11-39-5749, view towards the West.

Left of AS11-39-5750, slightly lower.

Left of AS11-39-5751, view towards the SW.

Left of AS11-39-5752, view towards the South. RCS thruster in the lower left corner.

Similar to AS11-39-5753, just slightly to the left.

Slightly left of AS11-39-5754, with RCS thruster and left edge of the window.

Over to the right of AS11-39-5755, with the near crater in the foreground. Slightly brighter than other photos.

Left of AS11-39-5756, good view on the small crater.

Left of AS11-39-5757, a bit darker.

Left of AS11-39-5758, view towards the South, with RCS quad in the foreground.

A bit lower and to the right of AS11-39-5759, a view of the older of the small craters, nearer to the LM.

Right of AS11-39-5760, view towards the SW.

Right of AS11-39-5761, with edge of LM shadow. Better exposure.

Neil has handed the camera over to Buzz, who now starts a few pans through his window. Good view on the full LM shadow, towards the West.

Slightly right of AS11-39-5763.

Right of AS11-39-5764.

Very similar to AS11-39-5765.

Slightly right of AS11-39-5766, with RCS thruster in the foreground.

Slightly right of AS11-39-5767, RCS quad in the foreground.

Slightly right of AS11-39-5768, view towards the North, RCS quad in the foreground.

Very similar to AS11-39-5769, but significantly better exposure.

Very good view on the LM shadow, towards the West.

Very similar to AS11-39-5771, just a bit lower and to the right.

Right of AS11-39-5772, edge of the LM shadow.

Right of AS11-39-5773. Good view on the soil underneath Buzz' window, LM shadow and RCS thruster in the foreground.

Good view on the LM shadow, towards the West. Longer exposure.

Right of AS11-39-5775.

Right of AS11-39-5776 and a bit lower. RCS quad to the right.

Higher than AS11-39-5777, thus including the horizon towards the NW.

Left of AS11-39-5778.

Just slightly right of AS11-39-5779, but notably brighter. RCS quad to the right.

Similar to AS11-39-5780, but less bright.

Similar to AS11-39-5781, less bright and less contrast.

A bit right of AS11-39-5782, RCS quad to the right.

Good view towards the North, with RCS quad in the central foreground.

A bit lower than AS11-39-5784.

View towards the West, with LM shadow and left edge of the window. Bright exposure.

Similar to AS11-39-5786, just slightly to the left.

Similar to AS11-39-5787, again just a bit to the left. One of very few photos that show the far edge of the crater under Neil's window as seen through Buzz' window.

Very similar to AS11-39-5788, just a bit higher.

Buzz has completed the pans through his window and has handed the camera back to Neil. View towards the West, with the same bright exposure settings as in the previous photos.

Very similar to AS11-39-5790, but less bright.

This probably concludes the pre-EVA pans on this magazine, which at this point has been detached from this camera. As the camera body of this silver EVA Hasselblad was dumped on the lunar surface during EVA closeout, magazine 39 has then been attached to the black Hasselblad for the post-EVA pans, and hence the following 52 frames do no longer feature reseau crosses.

View generally West, turned by 90 degrees. Judging from the length of the LM shadow, this is very likely the first post-EVA frame.

View towards the SE on the near crater.

View towards the South. Beyond the RCS quad in the foreground we can see the LRRR. This is the first definite post-EVA frame on this magazine, though the two previous ones are likely to be post-EVA as well.

View towards the West, turned by 90 degrees. Good contrast.

View towards the SW on the nearer one of the craters under Neil's window.

View towards the South with the LRRR in the center, beyond the RCS quad. A few footsteps can be seen in the foreground soil.

View down onto the heavily disturbed soil directly under Neil's window. Many clear footsteps, and a sharp shadow cast by the -Y strut.

Right of AS11-39-5798.

Same as AS11-39-5799.

View down onto the nearby footsteps towards the South.

Neil has handed the camera over to Buzz, who captures the many footsteps under his window, alongside with the US flag. Directly underneath the RCS thruster at the top we can see the shadow of the SWC staff. The +Y strut casts a shadow in the lower part of the photo.

Similar to AS11-39-5802.

Left of AS11-39-5803.

Left of AS11-39-5804, a view onto the LM shadow towards the West. Not much depth, i.e. the top part is a bit out of focus.

View from Buzz' window on the area left of the LM shadow, slightly obstructed by the left edge of the window.

View on the ground towards the North, dominated by the RCS quad in the foreground. TV camera and tripod in the top left corner.

Similar to AS11-39-5807, slightly to the left.

Left of AS11-39-5808, a view on the extent of the disturbed soil, with the US flag. The TV camera in the background is a bit unsharp.

Slightly left of AS11-39-5809.

Left of AS11-39-5810, with shadow of the US flag.

Good view on the LM shadow towards the West, albeit a bit out of focus.

Left of AS11-39-5812, another view on the area left of the LM shadow.

View on the ground towards the NE, with flag and disturbed soil.

Right of AS11-39-5814.

Slightly right of AS11-39-5815.

Right of AS11-39-5816, dominated by the RCS quad in the foreground.

Similar to AS11-39-5817, a bit to the left, a tad bit darker.

Similar to AS11-39-5818, a bit to the left.

Slightly left of AS11-39-5819.

Left of AS11-39-5820.

Left of AS11-39-5821, with the right edge of the LM shadow. By now, several hours after the landing, the sun has risen a bit and the LM shadow has shortened significantly, thus exposing a few rocks at its very top that previously sat in darkness. Note, though, that while the longer shadow is as apparent as the darkened rocks in comparable photos from before the EVA, the effect is deceiving, since these were taken with different cameras and different lenses. We have a good close-up view on these rocks in the photos Buzz took during his +Z pan (see AS11-40-5882 and 5883).

Slightly left of AS11-39-5822, a view on the LM shadow towards the West.

Left of AS11-39-5823.

Similar to AS11-39-5824, a bit higher.

Similar to AS11-39-5823 and 5824.

Right of AS11-39-5826, LM shadow towards the West.

Right of AS11-39-5827.

Right of AS11-39-5828, with US flag.

Right of AS11-39-5829, with flag, TV, and RCS thruster.

Slightly right of AS11-39-5830, a bit tilted.

View towards the West and the area left of the LM shadow, including the horizon. Notably less contrast from this photo on.

Right of AS11-39-5832, a good view on the LM shadow.

Right of AS11-39-5833, with flag shadow.

Right of AS11-39-5834, a good view on the extent of the disturbed soil around the TV camera in the background.

View generally West, with LM shadow.

Similar to AS11-39-5836, just slightly left.

Right of AS11-39-5837, a good view on the LM shadow and the rocks beyond its top.

View towards the NE, with US flag.

Buzz has handed the camera back to Neil. View towards the South, RCS quad in the foreground. Left of the top RCS thruster we see the Laser Ranging Retro Reflector (LRRR), above of the thruster we can see a bit of the Passive Seismic Experiment Package (PSEP). Low-contrast photo.

Similar to AS11-39-5840, a better and unobstructed view on the PSEP and LRRR.

Same as AS11-39-5841, again a bit better.

Similar to AS11-39-5842. This concludes magazine 39.

Unless otherwise noted, all images processed by Kipp Teague from raw scans provided by NASA Johnson. Images labeled "OF300" are from the original film and are presented at the equivalent of 300 DPI on an 7.5 inch by 7.5 inch reproduction.

Magazine 40 was used in lunar orbit (first three frames) and then on the lunar surface. It contains all of the EVA photographs.

Craters 216 and 217 from lunar orbit prior to the landing.

Earth from lunar orbit.

View from Armstrong's window of craters Messier and Messier A prior to the landing.

View out Neil's window after the landing. The foreground crater at the bottom of the image is about 10 meters in diameter. The western half of this crater is overlain by a younger, 12-m crater.

View out Neil's window after the landing, rightward of 5847. The foreground crater at the bottom of the image is about 10 meters in diameter. The western half of this crater is overlain by a younger, 12-m crater.

Near surface and LM Shadow seen out Buzz's window.

Honeysuckle Polaroid ( 183k )

109:26:35 John Saxon, Operations Manager at Honeysuckle Creek during Apollo, has provided this polaroid image taken off the monitor at the tracking station. Saxon writes in May 2003, "I've scanned the attached at 300 dpi, resized/resampled to slightly smaller and saved jpg at min (100 percent quality) compression - other than that I have not attempted to clean up or sharpen, etc."

Figure 3-15 ( 196 k ) from the Apollo 11 Preliminary Science Report. Re-draft by Thomas Schwagmeier. Shows the locations from which Neil and Buzz took photos during the EVA. Clickable version of the figure produced by Harald Kucharek.

AS11-40-5850 (OF300) ( 1078k or 236k )

109:30:53 First EVA picture. Neil's first frame in a pan taken west of the ladder. Jettison bag under the Descent Stage, south footpad, bent probe, strut supports. The view is more or less up-Sun, so we are seeing the shadowed faces of boulders. 20 July 1969.

Rightward from 5850 without much overlap. There are a number of rocks scattered in the foreground, including a split boulder at the right edge. 20 July 1969.

Rightward from 5851, with little overlap. Cross-Sun to the south. This frame is from Neil's initial pan taken from near the bottom of the ladder. This frame shows the older, eastern component of the double crater below Neil's LM window. This crater is about 10 meters across. It's western half is overlain by a younger, 12-m crater. See, also, David Harland's assembly of the Pre-EVA Double Crater view out Neil's window. 20 July 1969.

Rightward of 5852, showing the younger, western component of the double crater below Neil's LM window. Note the raised rim of a crater on the horizon. A comparison of details from this frame with a detail from the corresponding view out Neil's window in 5848 indicates that the crater is relatively close to the LM.

Rightward of 5853, showing the down-Sun view along the LM shadow with boulders on the local horizon. A comparison of a detail from 5854 with a similar view from Buzz's window in AS11-37-5454 shows that a crater rim on the horizon in the 5454 is almost completely obscured in the surface view, with only the highest portion visible in 5854. Note, also, the split boulder on the right that is partially shadowed by the LM.

Rightward of 5854. Note the sharp-rimmed crater on the horizon at the far right. This crater is to the right beyond the TV camera, on a continuation of the line from the US flag to the TV camera, in AS11-37- 5516.

Rightward of 5855, with the small, sharp-rimmed crater centered on the local horizon. Note an additional small crater to the right, which can be seen above the upper thruster in AS11-37- 5515.

Rightward of 5856, with a relatively large crater on the horizon at the right.

Rightward of 5857, showing the plus-Y (north) footpad. The probe is flat on the ground pointing north, the MESA is at the right edge of the photo. Note the detailed radial sweep pattern created in the foreground by the descent engine exhaust.

View toward the south past the ladder. A comparison with 5850 indicates that Neil has moved north away from the spot near the foot of the ladder from which he took his initial pan. The image is blurred, indicating that Neil may have hurried the shot. The west footpad is in shadow but there is reasonable definition of the lower portion of the ladder.

Similar to 5859 but not as badly blurred. View toward the south showing the ladder and the jettison bag.

Rightward of 5860. The older, eastern portion of the double crater is on the right, beyond the LM shadow.

109:39:57 First photo of Buzz coming out through the hatch. The inward-opening hatch is on his left. Buzz is kneeling, probably with his hands on the midstep. We can see his heels, the lower portion of his PLSS and his left arm. Elsewhere in the image, both sets of thrusters are visible, along with Neil's window with the LPD grid etched on it, the straps of the Lunar Equipment Conveyor (LEC) coming out thru the hatch on the left, the upper portion of the ladder, the porch, and the plume deflector on the downward thruster on Buzz's side. The US flag that Neil and Buzz will deploy later is stowed in a long, thin canister attached to the underside of the lefthand rail of the ladder. Journal Contributor Markus Mehring notes that, thru the CDR's window, we can see " the crash bar, and a checklist/cue card that's been stuck under the overhead window with grey tape! -The same card can be seen right behind Neil in the post-EVA portrait, AS11-37-5528".

109:40:27 Buzz has his PLSS most of the way out of the hatch. His feet are near the lip of the porch. Neil has moved around to the south of the ladder a little bit. Note the near-side handrail and the triangular Commander's window above and to the right of the hatch. There is a reflection of the lunar surface in the window. To Buzz's left, we can see a set of thrusters and the plume deflector that protects the LM from the downward thruster exhaust.

109:40:27 Shows the area under the Descent Stage, including the jettison bag. Neil turned to his right to take this photo while waiting for Buzz to get farther out of the cabin. A detail shows what may be the contingency sampler ring. See, however, the discussion following 109:36:07.

109:40:27 Rightward of 5864, showing south footpad and the bent probe. The jett bag is on the right side of the image. East Crater is slightly north of up-Sun, in the distance above the footpad. As can be determined from Mission Report figure 5-8, East Crater subtends about 35 degrees - 3 1/2 fiducial spacings - at the LM. The approximate extent of the crater is indicated in a detail.

109:41:56 Buzz is jumping down to the top rung of the ladder and hasn't quite landed on it. He is gripping the handrail with both hands and, rather than walk down the ladder, he is hopping down. In a detail we can see the feedwater controls on the righthand corner of the bottom of Buzz's PLSS. The MESA is immediately beyond the lower rungs of the ladder.

109:42:28 Buzz has reached the next to last rung and has transferred his grip from the porch rail to the outside rails that are on the ladder itself. The hatch is mostly closed and we can see the dump valve cover which is near the hinged side of the hatch. There are some taped instructions on the outside of the hatch. The hose at the right side of Buzz's PLSS which passes under his right arm would deliver emergency oxygen from the Oxygen Purge System (OPS) should he need it. We can also see the OPS actuator cable coming over his right shoulder. We can see some detail on the boot straps. The horizontal strips on the back of the PLSS are patches of Velcro to hold the PLSS in its stowed position in the LM. Near the bottom of the back of the PLSS, we can see a sewn-on set of instructions for PLSS recharge operations (not performed on Apollo 11) just above the semi-circular flap. Note that craters and rocks can be seen in the reflection of the lunar surface in Neil's window.

109:42:42 Buzz has reached the bottom rung of the ladder and is about the jump down to the footpad. As he said at the moment Neil took this picture, "Okay. I'm going to leave that one foot up there and both hands down to about the fourth rung up." The thermal shroud protecting the U.S. flag that Neil and Buzz deploy during the EVA can be seen on the underside of the lefthand ladder rail. See, also, NASA photo S69-38755. which shows the flag on a LM mockup in Houston. Ulli Lotzmann has provided a detail which shows the valve cluster on the right, front corner of the bottom of Buzz's PLSS.

109:42:53 Buzz has both feet on the footpad. His hands are between the third and fourth rungs. His bent knees suggest that he is about to try to jump up to the lowest rung. His OPS antenna is up.

109:46:25 This photo of the north footpad and probe indicates that the spacecraft drifted toward the south between contact and touchdown. A labeled detail shows the probable point of initial contact, the final position of the probe tip, and a mound of soil built up on the south side of the footpad during its final motions. There seems to be a suggestion of an initial pad imprint about half a pad diameter north of its final location. Note the radial sweep pattern in the foreground soil created by the descent engine.

109:47:52 View to the south of the shadowed area behind the ladder. It is possible that this was an unintentional shot taken as Neil prepared to remove the MESA blankets.

110:03:24. Buzz is deploying the Solar Wind Collector (SWC), a foil sheet which he is pointing at the Sun. Note the word 'Shade' printed on the bottom of the back side. The word 'Sun' is printed on the sunward side. At the end of the EVA, after leaving the SWC exposed to the Sun for about 1 hour and 17 minutes, Buzz will roll up the foil and pack it in a bag for analysis back on Earth. Note the considerable clearance between the bottom of the Descent Engine bell and the surface beneath it. East Crater is near the horizon on the lefthand side of the image. Note the pattern of scratch marks running from the MESA toward the lower left that were created by the TV cable as Neil took the camera away from the LM on the tripod. Neil's footprints are generally to the right of the cable scratches as he moved sideways out from the LM. Several potentially foot-grabbing loops remain in the cable. The rendezvous radar and various antennas on the top of the ascent stage are labeled in a detail ( 223k ).

Neil took this picture of Buzz at about 110:03:24. Buzz has just deployed the Solar Wind Collector (SWC). Neil took the photo toward the southeast. Buzz is standing flat-footed next to the SWC, facing Neil, who is at about the 2 o'clock position out from the LM. In the lower right corner, notice the scratch marks that the TV cable made as Neil pulled it out. The multiple tracks were made by the individual cable loops scraping along the ground. We can see underneath the engine bell. Most of the surface in this image has not been disturbed as yet, and in the places where Neil and Buzz have walked, the disturbed surface is darker. Good illustration of this very common phenomenon. Jack Schmitt speculates that the Descent Engine plume swept away the smallest particles, leaving a higher than normal percentage of larger particles. The more jagged surface is a better reflector of sunlight than the normal surface and, therefore, appears brighter. Certainly, from orbit, the areas around the landed LM's are brighter than the normal surface. As they walk around, the astronauts disturb this modified surface and, in effect, restore it's normal condition. We see the MESA, in shadow, to the right of Buzz. On the front of Buzz's suit, we have the RCU, the camera bracket, and just above his crotch, the "Red Apple" activator for the purge valve. He has some dirt on his knees. A detail shows a carabiner fitted to the end of his neckring tiedown.

This frame from the 16-mm camera mounted in the LM window shows Neil (left) and Buzz (right) deploying the U.S. Flag. It was taken at about 110:09:50. Scan by Kipp Teague.

110:10:33 Buzz salutes the U.S. Flag. His fingertips are visible on the far side of his faceplate. Note the well-defined footprints in the foreground. Buzz is facing up-Sun. There is a reflection of the Sun in his visor. At the bottom of Buzz's faceplate, note the white 'rim' which is slightly separated from his neckring. This 'rim' is the bottom of his gold visor, which he has pulled down. We can see the LEC straps hanging down inside of the ladder strut. In the foreground, we can see the foot-grabbing loops in the TV cable. The double crater under Neil's LM window is just beyond the LM shadow.

110:10:33 Buzz and the U.S. flag. Note the well-defined footprints in the foreground. The shadows indicate that Buzz is standing with the Sun directly in front of him. There is a reflection of the Sun in his visor. We can see the LEC straps hanging down inside of the ladder strut. In the foreground, we can see the foot-grabbing loops in the TV cable. The double crater is beyond Buzz and the LM shadow.

Journal Contributors Owen Merrick, Brian McInall, and Markus Mehring call attention to the fact that, in the high-resolution version, we can see Buzz peering over at Neil. In 5874 Buzz is facing the flag and saluting; but, by the time Neil takes 5875, Buzz has turned his body slightly - and his head a great deal more - to look over to see if Neil has taken the picture, possibly having lowered his right hand in the interim. Normally, the high reflectivity of the gold visor would keep us from seeing Buzz's face but, as Mehring notes, in this case "his face is directly illuminated by the sunlight from the front and at a right angle to the observer's point of view, so it literally shines through the visor, especially because he's sticking his head forward. At different viewing and illumination angles and with his head deeper inside the helmet and less brightly illuminated, reflections off of the visor that would wash out anything behind it. But in this case we're lucky." Journal Contributor Harald Kucharek has created a two-frame movie consisting of frames 5874 and 5875 which clearly shows Buzz turning his torso slightly between frames, but without moving his feet. Note, in particular, the change in his knee positions. Both the TV record and the 16--mm film show Buzz turning in Neil's direction twice during this interval.

110:25:09 Buzz took this picture of a pristine surface before making a bootprint. He took the camera off the RCU bracket and took this series of bootprint pictures holding the camera in his hands. Buzz was in the field-of-view of the 16mm movie camera mounted in his LM window. A description of his actions follows 110:25:09.

110:25:09 Buzz made this footprint on a pristine surface so that he could then photograph it for study by soil mechanics experts.

Red-blue anaglyph by Erwin D'Hoore.

110:25:09 Buzz moved away slightly to take this second image of the fresh bootprint, getting slightly better focus.

110:27:00 A close-up of the surface with a two-inch rock and, in the lower right corner, Buzz's boot and footprint. Near the upper left there appears to be a cohesive clump of soil lifted -or pushed - out of a bootprint.

Second photo of Buzz's second soil-mechanics bootprint.

110:31:47 This first frame from Buzz's plus-Z pan shows the southwestern wall of the younger component of the double crater. Buzz is standing on the northeast rim about 7 meters WSW of the ladder footpad. The diameter of this component is about 12 meters. The small crater near the top of the far wall can also be seen in Neil's earlier photo AS11-40-5853.

110:31:47 Rightward from 5881, with very little overlap. Note the bright 'halo' around the shadow of Buzz's helmet, which is probably produced by a coincidence of maximum zero-phase backscatter with that part of Buzz's shadow. Markus Mehring notes that the horizon feature beyond Buzz's shadow is a portion of the rim of a cluster of overlapping craters west of the landing site, as indicated in a comparison between details from 5882 and 82a and pre-landing overhead AS11-37-5447. The horizon feature at the righthand edge of 5882 is another portion of the cluster rims.

110:31:47 Rightward from 5882, with very little overlap. Buzz is standing near the tip of the LM shadow. Journal Contributor Tom McKeever notes that this picture features the shadow of the rendezvous radar antenna, which is also shown in a LM-9 photo by Randy Attwood. Note the large rock just to the right of the LM shadow. A comparison with AS11-39-5822, a picture Buzz took out his window after the EVA, shows how much the early-morning shadow changes in a few hours.

110:31:47 Rightward from 5882a, looking northwest across the boulder field. The rock on the edge of the LM shadow appears to have split on impact.

110:31:47 Rightward from 5883 toward the TV camera.

110:31:47 Rightward from 5884 with the flag and the Solar Wind Collector (SWC) on the right. A detail shows a distant feature, which Markus Mehring identifies with a rim segment in the distinctive cluster of craters just outside the landing ellipse to the north. See the discussion following 107:05:31.

110:31:47 Rightward of 5885. This frame from Buzz's plus-Z pan is the only good Hasselblad picture of Neil on the lunar surface. An enhanced detail ( 195k ) shows Neil packing the bulk sample with an open rockbox on the MESA table. See the discussion following 110:31:47.

110:31:47 Rightward from 5886 with the plus-Z (ladder) strut on the left and the jettison bag underneath the LM between the plus-Z strut and the minus-Y (south) strut.

110:31:47 Rightward from 5887. View along the northern rim of the older component of the double crater. Buzz is standing on the northeast rim of the younger component about 7 meters WSW of the ladder footpad. The diameter of the older component is about 10 meters.

110:31:47 Rightward from 5888. Shows the rest of the older, eastern portion of the double crater and crossing the image from the center of the right edge to the lower left corner, the rim of the younger, eastern component.

110:31:47 This next frame in Buzz's pan shows the eastern part of the younger component of the double crater.

110:31:47 This next frame completes Buzz's plus-Z pan and overlaps frame 5881.

110:34:13 Buzz took this picture of the surface beneath the LM from near the minus-Y (south) strut. The engine bell is at the upper left. The probe on the south footpad is at right center and we can see how that probe was dragged from the initial contact point. The jettison bag is in the foreground, with two anonymous pieces of trash next to it. They may be pieces of padding from the Sample Return Container (SRC), also known as the rock box, which Neil opened shortly after deploying the TV.

110:34:13 Buzz is still near the minus-Y footpad and pointed the camera up to take this picture of the Ascent Stage. It shows the thrusters on Neil's side of the spacecraft.

110:34:13 This underexposed picture of the Ascent Stage shows Neil at the MESA (lower left corner). The fact that Neil is in this picture was first noticed by Apollo historian Andrew Chaikin. See, also, a detail of Neil. An enhanced version of the detail by Ulli Lotzmann shows that Neil has his side visor pulled forward and that his gold visor is up.

110:34:13 In this picture of the plus-Z footpad and lower strut, we see Neil's legs as he stands at the MESA.

110:34:13 Similar to 5895. Ulli Lotzmann has captured a high-resolution detail ( 307k ) showing the sunlit toe of Neil's left boot - the one he used to step onto the lunar surface for the first time - and, with contrast enhancement, his knees and lower leg. Neil is facing to the right and slightly toward the camera. Because of that stance and the fact that he has the lower part of his right leg bent back slightly, the right toe is in the deep shadow.

110:41:07 After finishing at the MESA, Neil joined Buzz at the ladder. Buzz gave the camera to Neil, who took four frames of the plaque on the ladder strut and three pictures of the bulk sample area. This is the first of the plaque photos.

110:41:07 Similar to 5897. Second of Neil's plaque photos.

110:41:07 Neil either taken a longer exposure or has changed the f-stop setting. Best of the plaque pictures.

110:41:07 Neil took this picture of the ladder strut from the left at a lower f-stop number than he used for 5899.

110:42:14 Photo of the bulk sample area from just north of the ladder.

110:42:14 Buzz is standing just beyond the north strut. Note the distinctive dust smudges on Buzz's legs. The photo also shows the furrows in the bulk sample area and the area to the left of the footpad that shows unmistakable signs of sweeping by the descent engine exhaust. In a detail Ulli Lotzmann notes a reflected image of the rendezvous radar.

Karl Dodenhoff writes that the strap hanging down from behind Buzz's RCU is "the neck ring pull-down strap. It connected to the pull down locking mechanism that also served as the upper PLSS/RCU attachment fitting on the chest of the A7L suit." Mick Hyde provides a photo taken in 2002 of Bill Ander's Apollo 8 suit at the Science Museum London. The strap is tucked into a pouch. The A7L suit was used prior to Apollo 15, when the LM crews started using the A7L-B.

110:42:14 Neil has moved to the MESA. No other Apollo photograph has been reproduced as often as this portrait of Buzz. Neil is, of course, visible in reflection on Buzz's visor. Buzz has his left arm raised and is probably reading the checklist sewn on the wrist cover of his glove, which is shown in a detail. He is moving his right foot forward, as can be seen by the mound of dirt building up in front of the toe of that boot. Note the dirt adhering to Buzz's boots and knees. Otherwise, he is remarkably clean. The "Red Apple", which he would grab and pull to open his purge valve in the event of a suit leak or a PLSS failure, is located roughly over his navel. From our perspective, the purge valve is installed in the connector to the left of the "Red Apple".

Many readers will note that the scan from original film looks different from the presentation of 5903 that the world has been seeing since the image was released soon after Neil, Mike, and Buzz returned from the Moon. See a history of the image linked here.

Journal Contributor Markus Mehring has produced a rectified close-up of Neil's reflection in Buzz's visor. "I scanned the best and largest print I had available, removed the roughly 5 degree tilt that the original has in relation to the horizon, mirrored it, adjusted color in order to somewhat get rid of the golden tint of the visor, and re-projected it flat in order to kill as much spherical appearance as tolerable - hence the smear on the edges, which is impossible to avoid."

In March 2005, Journal Contributor Eric Nelson digitally removed the gold color of Buzz's visor ( 321k ) and revealed an unmistakably blue reflection of Earth. Nelson writes, " I eliminated most all of the gold visor tint, leaving a spot that wasn't white and so suggested itself as a film artifact rather than a piece of dust. On scanned slide film, dust would be black anyway, unless it might be some small translucent particle. I get the feeling the AS-11 master film scanning was done with some attention to cleanliness though, which should exclude any foreign objects of that size on the image. It is possible to verify whether any wanted or unwanted tint remains in neutrals in an image by temporarily saturating them heavily; I did that to the Spot toward 100% increase, and it turned Earth-Blue. I similarly saturated the gold-subtracted lunar surface reflections, and the open sunlit surface remained neutral while the surface in the influence of reflection from the LM turned gold: this suggests the gold subtraction was accurate and revealed a valid neutral image. This suggests the gold-subtracted spot did have a blue component...and I hope I don't take too much artistic license in exaggerating it to produce a psycho-visual link!"

Kipp Teague writes "I returned to the original June 2004 JSC scan of AS11-40-5903, cropped to Aldrin's visor, flipped and slightly rotated the image and took a stab at adjusting color to offset the gold in the visor. The linked image ( 109k ) represents the original scanning resolution. I don't see a BRIGHT blue object in the sky, but indeed, whatever is there is bluish in color, and more importantly, it is NOT single-pixel scanner noise as I can see elsewhere in the scan. Even better, when you enlarge this, you can see that the object generally matches in shape the Earth as viewed over the LM in AS11-40-5924."

In addition to investigations of the intrinsic characteristics of the Spot, it is necessary to verify that geometric factors are all correct. A check of Starry Night shows that, at 0414 UT on 21 July 1969, Earth was 59.5 degrees above the western Tranquility horizon at an azimuth of 270.6. The sun was 14.3 degrees above eastern horizon at an azimuth of about 88.1 degrees. The fact that the azimuth difference between the Earth and the Sun was close to 180 degrees, an image of Earth, if any, would be near the line of Buzz's shadow. Further, because the Earth was about 60 degrees above the western horizon, it's reflection would appear at a place on the visor where a line perpendicular to the visor surface is 30 degrees (half the Earth's elevation) above horizontal. A labeled detail from AS11-40-5875 ( 74k ) shows that this condition is met near the top of the visor.

Sharp-eyed readers will have noticed that the analysis is not yet complete. With Earth slightly north of west and the Sun lightly north of east, the reflected image of Earth should be on the opposite side of the reflected image of Buzz's shadow from the reflected LM. Nelson has produced a rectified detail ( 192k ) in which "I re-projected the visor image to flatten the horizon (effectively killing barrel distortion), rotated the horizon to level, and then horizontally skewed the image to parallel and square-to-vertical the LM descent stage sides. Finally I mirrored it to produce a normal view to the west. Some distortions remain, which suggests the visor isn't spherical, so that could explain sundry slight geometric inconsistencies in the rough analysis.". The rectified image shows the tentative Earth 'image' tantalizingly close to the line of Buzz's shadow, but on the wrong side. It is tempting to think that consideration of the actual figure of the gold visor will move the 'image' to the other side of the line of Buzz's shadow, but the necessary analysis is yet to be done.

110:43:33 Unintended photo of one of the suits, probably taken when Buzz got the camera either from Neil or off the MESA.

110:43:33 This photo was taken from the north of the LM. Buzz has taken the camera out there to take a pan, as per checklist. This is an excellent picture of the flag, the TV cable, and, in the background, some boulders on the local ridge. Taken toward the southwest.

110:43:33 Down-Sun. Rightward of 5905.

110:43:33 Rightward of 5906. TV camera just left of center. The sharp-rimmed crater on the apparent horizon is centered in 5856, a frame from Buzz's plus-Z pan.

110:43:33 Rightward of 5907. The blocks on the western rim of the nearly-rimless crater on the righthand side on the apparent horizon suggest that this crater is a West Crater secondary.

110:43:33 Rightward of 5908. View toward north.

110:43:33 Rightward of 5909.

110:43:33 Rightward of 5910.

110:43:33 Rightward of 5911. Near-surface up-Sun.

110:43:33 Rightward of 5912. The tip of the minus-Z (east) probe is at the right edge.

110:43:33 Rightward of 5913. Minus-Z strut and the northeast quadrant of the descent stage.

110:43:33 Rightward of 5914. The MESA is in the shadowed area at right center with the rockbox on the right-front corner.

110:43:33 Rightward of 5915. Neil has passed in front of Buzz, carrying the Gold camera. We can see the back of his suit and his legs but, unfortunately, there is no sign of the Gold camera in the image. The Solar Wind Collector is right of center.

Journal Contributor Rob South calls attention to the lighter-colored surface in the center foreground.

As we know from orbital photos, the area around the LM is scoured by the descent engine and that the scoured area has a higher albedo and, hence a lighter color. Once the astronauts get outside, they knock the soil around with their feet and restore the immediate area to something like its normal brightness. This can be seen quite dramatically in any number of post-EVA taken out the LM windows on A11 and the other missions and even in high-res details from Pan camera frames. When the astronauts work well away from the LM, they are on surfaces undisturbed by the descent engine and the soil they disturb does not have a noticeably different albedo from undisturbed soil.

The patch of lighter-colored soil in 5916 has been scoured by Eagle's descent engine but has not yet been disturbed by the crew.

110:47:18 Buzz still has the Hasselblad camera and is taking photographs while he does an inspection of the LM. This is a close-up of the north footpad, showing the buried probe. The triangular-shape imprint on the soil next to the footpad can also be seen in AS11-40- 5903 and appears to have been made by a cable or strap. My thanks to Journal Contributor Ken MacTaggart, who called attention to the imprint.

110:47:18 Close-up of plus-Y (north) footpad. Note the wind-swept appearance of the foreground soil, showing the effects of the Descent Engine plume.

110:48:05 Close-up of the plus-Y strut from the northeast.

110:48:05 Close-up of the plus-Y (north) footpad from the east and a little south, with the Solar Wind Collector (SWC) to the right and, just to the left of the SWC, the TV camera. The U.S. flag is to the left of the strut, partially hidden by the strut support.

110:48:05 Buzz took this photo of the area under the Descent Stage to document the effects of the engine plume. A radial pattern of scouring is readily visible. Note the gouge made by the probe hanging down from the minus-Y (south) strut at contact. The fact that the spacecraft landed directly over this gouge mark is a clear indication that, as is discussed after 102:45:32, the LM was drifting left (south) during the final moments of the landing.

110:48:05 View of the ascent stage from the northeast. Note the wrinkled surface of the RCS plume deflector and the warping of the rear of the ascent stage.

110:50:26 View of Earth over the LM. As is discussed in the text, there is some uncertainty about who took these pictures of Earth. Australia is in sunlight on the left side of the Earth image which, as Journal Contributor Markus Mehring notes, confirms the obvious since the EVA video came thru Honeysuckle Creek and Parkes. Compare with a Stellarium view of Earth from Tranquility Base at 110:50:26, created by Journal Contributor Syd Buxton.

110:50:26 Earth over the LM, taken from a spot near the minus-Z (east) footpad. syd Buxton has provided a detail.

110:51:29 Photo of the east footpad. Note the difference in materials used to cover the footpad on the engine-facing surfaces as compared with the outer surfaces.

110:51:29 LM east footpad close-up. At landing, the LM weight was about 16,000 terrestrial pounds. In the lunar gravity field, therefore, each of the four footpads is bearing a weight of about 670 pounds or 300 kilograms. There is a buildup of soil on the south side, indicating that the spacecraft was moving in that direction at touchdown. Otherwise, the footpad did not make much of an impression.

110:53:38. Neil now has the Hasselblad. Buzz is preparing to remove the passive seismometer from the lefthand compartment in the SEQ bay. The LRRR is in the righthand compartment. The bay is between the east and south struts and has two doors: a vertical hinged door at Buzz's left and a horizontally hinged door which can be seen above the right side of the bay. Buzz pulled on a pulley-mounted tape to raise the latter door. The tape is visible to his right, draped over the support for the minus-Z (east) strut. To the right of Buzz, and underneath the Descent Stage is a shield to protect the landing radar from the heat of the Descent Engine.

Note the object next to the minus-Z (east) strut. As noted by Journal Contributor Markus Mehring, at the end of Buzz's transmission at 110:52:20 when he says "gradual sideways hops", we see him working at the SEQ Bay and discarding the object to his right. As noted above, the object ends up next to the minus-Z east strut. Contributor Paul Fjeld writes that the discarded object is ":a small sheet of 5-mil, aluminized Kapton with two little handles that covered the door-deployment tapes."]

"There was a similar 5-mil sheet that covered the S-band deployable antenna on Quad 1. The new scans of mag S (from original film in 2004) show the detail of the Quad 1 installation really well. You can see a single handle on the left-bottom part of the quad near the downlock latch shield (little white rectangle) and I can even convince myself that I can make out the little 'fingers' that held the blanket on (with tape to hold them). The astronaut yanked the handle(s) revealing deployment lanyards velcroed inside which pulled out the two 'Antenna Release Pins', the label of which we can now read thanks to Kipp's good work. I re-did the LM-13 blanket at the Cradle Museum after I saw those shots (thanks Kipp!).".

Red-blue anaglyph by Erik van Meijgaarden.

110:53:38 Buzz is pulling the passive seismometer from the lefthand compartment in the SEQ bay. Erik van Meijgaarden has extended our view to the right with part of 5929 to create a mini-pan.

110:53:38. Buzz is draping a pulley tape over the lefthand door.

110:55:49. Neil has backed away from the LM to take a panorama. This down-Sun shows the bright halo - possibly a diffraction effect - that appeared around the shadow of Neil's helmet. Note, also, how washed out the scene is along the line of his shadow. This effect is due to the fact that, in this direction, all of the shadows - excepting only those cast by objects in the immediate foreground - are hidden by the objects that cast them. In addition, there are also strong reflections off the soil particles which also contribute to the visual washout. The double crater below Neil's LM window is in the middle distance.

110:55:49. Rightward of 5930. In this second photo from Neil's minus-Z (east) pan, Buzz has removed the passive seismometer package from the SEQ bay. The foreground object with the handle is the Gold camera, designed to take close-up photographs of the very top layer of the lunar soil. Note, also, the split rock at the right edge, just below the center of the photograph. This boulder was probably ejected from a nearby impact, possibly West Crater, and broke into two pieces when it hit. A different boulder, just to the left of center near the tip of the LM shadow in 5883, appears to have suffered a similar fate.

Red-blue anaglyph by Erwin D'Hoore.

110:55:49. Rightward of 5931, with good overlap. The split boulder is at the lower left. Note the relative darkness of the areas disturbed by the crew at the center of the photograph.

110:55:49. Rightward of 5932.

110:55:49. Rightward of 5933. View toward the northwest.

110:55:49. Rightward of 5934. Note the large boulders, presumably ejecta from West Crater, near the horizon on the left. The northern part of East crater can be seen in the sun glare above center.

110:55:49. Rightward of 5935 but without overlap because Neil has avoided the up-Sun view. The southern part of East Crater on the lefthand side of the image. Part of the rim of West Crater can be seen faintly just above center. We can locate the approximate azimuths of the north and South rims of West Crater from Figure 3-15 ( 196 k ) in the Apollo 11 Preliminary Science Report and a detail from the USGS site map.

As indicated in Figure 3-15 ( 280k ), Neil took the minus-Z pan from a location about 20 meters roughly southeast of the LM. The exact location has been added to the inset at the upper right, which shows that Neil was about 55 meters due west of the south rim of East Crater. From the site map detail we see that, from the south rim of East Crater, the north rim of West Crater is about 460 meters away on an azimuth of about 92.7 degrees. With the help of a little trigonometry, this information gives an azimuth of the north rim of West Crater from Neil's location of 92.4 degrees, with the south rim azimuth being about 112.4 degrees. During the Apollo 11 EVA, the solar azimuth was 88.1 degrees, which allows us to plot the relevant azimuths on a detail from 5936. The plotted azimuth for the south rim is very close to the lefthand edge of the horizon feature that is obviously a partly shadowed portion of the rim while the plotted north rim azimuth is close to the righthand edge of what is probably a sunlit, rock-strewn portion of the rim.

110:55:49. Rightward of 5936.

Red-blue anaglyph by Erwin D'Hoore.

110:55:49. Rightward of 5937.

110:55:49. Rightward of 5939. View to the south.

110:55:49. Rightward of 5939. View to the south. Note the rounded crater rim on the horizon just to the left of center.

110:55:49. Rightward of 5940. This down-Sun is the final frame in Neil's pan.

110:58:16. This photograph is the first in a sequence of pictures Neil took of Buzz carrying the EASEP out to the deployment site a short way south of the spacecraft. In this picture, he is walking across the raised rim of the small crater he comments on at 110:58:16. Note the spray of dust spreading out in front of his left boot. The piece of equipment in his right hand is the LRRR, while the seismometer package is in his left hand. Note that, in this view from behind Buzz, we are seeing his OPS antenna edge on. In lower-quality scans and prints, it all but disappears. A detail shows the two columns of horizontal Velcro strips on the back of his PLSS.

110:58:24. Buzz has gone beyond the small crater and is looking for a flat spot on which to put the LRRR. Note the depth of the footprints he has left in the soft rim of the crater. Beyond the crater, where he is standing at this moment, his footprints are only a fraction of an inch deep and are more typical of the footprints that he and Neil normally leave. Note that Buzz has just walked between some rounded, partially-buried boulders, which he mentions at 110:58:24. This picture is the first of a stereopair Neil takes of them.

110:58:24. Neil has stepped to his left to get a stereo companion to 5943. Note the build up of soil on the base of these boulders due to ejecta from the foreground crater. Note that there is another split boulder in this photograph, to Buzz's right. From 5948, we know that Buzz will put the LRRR down northwest of this boulder and the seismometer southeast of it. This means that at some point after 5944, Buzz will move about 10 meters (30 feet) to his right. Figure 3-16 ( 196k re-draft by Thomas Schwagmeier) in the Apollo 11 Preliminary Science Report shows his path from the SEQ Bay out to the deployment area.

110:59:28 Buzz has put the LRRR down on the surface and has turned to his left to find a spot for the seismometer.

111:02:08 Buzz has placed the seismometer package on the surface and is using a built-in maneuvering handle to adjust the pointing and leveling. Note the dirt that he has pushed out of the way on the south side of the package in his attempt to get it level. Note, also, that the eastern rim of the double crater under Neil's LM window can be seen at the left edge of this photograph. The Gold camera is to the right of Buzz and the LRRR is to the left of him with the TV camera beyond.

111:06:20 Buzz may still be trying to get the seismometer leveled. As he tells Houston, the west side solar array "deployed automatically". He has not yet deployed the east side solar array. Note the baton-like transmitting antenna and the three-pronged (cricket wicket) gnomon on the top of the main package. There are two release pins on the ground about 1 - 2 meters to the right of Buzz's feet and other pieces of discarded hardware nearby. Note the closed configuration of the SEQ Bay doors on the LM descent stage. The 'Gold' camera is between Buzz and the spacecraft.

Neil took this picture at about 111:07:10. Buzz has now deployed both the east and west solar panels on the seismometer. He is looking toward the LM, perhaps to get a reference for his alignment.

111:07:10 Neil took this picture not long after taking 5948. He moved to his left between frames and this may be the moment when he goes out of the TV field-of-view. This picture gives us a good view of the split boulder that is between the two experiments. In the background, we can see the LM, the U.S. flag, and the TV camera. Note the footprints at the lower right. The astronaut who made them seems to have been moving from right to left. The rightmost footprint made with his left boot has a very deep toe imprint while the rightmost imprint made by his right boot is relatively flat and uniform. While bringing his left foot forward for the next step, he seems to have been dragging his heel, a clear indication that he was walking flat-foot, rather then hopping or running. The next left-boot toe print is deep while above it, we see that he was also scuffing his right heel along the surface. Note that the next prints made by both boots indicate that he turned to his right.

111:07:10 Similar to 5949, taken from bit farther west. Buzz's shadow is falling on the split boulder.

Buzz is probably still trying to get the seismometer leveled. Harald Kucharek notes that, through the visor, we can see Buzz face and suggests that he is looking over at Neil. See a detail ( 128k ).

111:07:10 Post-deployment documentation photo of the LRRR with the stereo camera perched on a rock in the background. As of February 2005, the retroreflectors were still being used in conjunction with a dedicated facility at the MacDondald Observatory in Texas.

111:09:43 Close-up of the seismometer leveling device. Poor focus.

111:11:31. Neil has run about 60 meters east of the LM to look at East Crater. The crater is about 30 meters in diameter and Neil is taking a partial pan from the WSW rim. This is the first frame of that pan. It shows the north and east wall and a pile of debris in the bottom. The Gold camera, which Neil has brought out with him, is at the left. Markus Mehring notes that the flat dome on the horizon near the left edge may be a rim segment in the distinctive cluster of craters just outside the landing ellipse to the north. See the discussion following 107:05:31.

111:11:31. Rightward of 5954. Note the fractured, angular blocks in the bottom of the crater.

111:11:31. Leftward of 5955 and taken from a point farther to Neil's right from the place where he took 5954.

111:11:31. Leftward of 5956.

Red-blue anaglyph by Ulli Lotzmann.

Eric Nelson has created an alternative anaglyph ( 399k ) with greater emphasis on vertical relief.

111:11:31. We don't know if Neil purposefully changed position to take a stereopair, but he had stepped to his right after taking 5957.

Red-blue anaglyph by Erwin D'Hoore.

111:11:31. Similar to 5958 but taken from half a step left.

111:11:31. Leftward of 5959.

111:11:31. Leftward of 5960. Down-Sun photograph of the LM from the rim of East Crater. We can see Neil's shadow and the shadow of the Gold camera. Note that the doors of the SEQ bay are closed. This frame gives us a feeling for elevation of the rim. When he took this picture, Neil was clearly standing above the level of the LM footpads. Note the darkened tracks leading leftward to the EASEP deployment area and rightward to the TV camera. Compare with the LPI traverse map ( 1.32Mb ). Buzz is at the MESA on the far, righthand side of the spacecraft.

Down-Sun photograph of the LM taken by Neil during his return from the rim of East Crater. The split boulder noted on the righhand edge of 5931 is in the foreground in line with the south (minus-Y) footpad. Buzz is still at the MESA.

111:15:13 Buzz attempting to drive the first of two on a core tubes into the surface. He was only able to get it in about 20 cm (8 inches). The Solar Wind Collector is just beyond the core tube and the TV camera is at the extreme left. Buzz's feedwater controls can be seen on the front, right hand corner of the bottom of his PLSS, as shown in a detail. Note the carabiner (hook) attached to the necring tiedown strap hanging at the front of his suit. Note that areas where Neil and Buzz have disturbed and scattered soil are darker than undisturbed areas.

Red-blue anaglyph by Erwin D'Hoore.

111:15:13 Buzz has just struck a glancing blow on the top of the extension handle which, in turn, is attached to the top of the core tube. He is using the flat of the hammer.

111:27:05 Before removing the film magazine from the Hasselblad for transport by LEC up to the cabin, Neil advances the film by six frames to avoid getting any of the EVA images sunstruck. This image is either the first of those film advances or an accicental frame taking while Neil was getting ready to advance the film. It gives a view to the southeast, with some deeply shadowed Mylar - possibly part of the MESA blanket - on the left. On the surface, we see the parallel shadows of the minus-Y (south) strut and probe. Compare with 5850.

111:27:05 Similar to 5965.

111:27:05 Image taken as Neil advances the film prior to removing the magazine. View to the northwest showing the TV camera and the SWC pole. Andrew Vignaux suggests that the fuzzy area at the lower left is part of Neil's suit - probably Neil's left arm - which, because it is so close to the camera, is out of focus.

Red-blue anaglyph by Erwin D'Hoore.

111:27:05 Similar to 5967.

111:27:05 This frame captures more of Neil's suit.

111:27:05 Similar to 5969. Sunstruck after the magazine was removed from the camera. The blocky object at the top of the "suit" may be Neil's OPS, as indicated in a labeled detail.

Unless otherwise noted, all images processed by Kipp Teague from raw scans provided by NASA Johnson. Images labeled "OF300" are from the original film and are presented at the equivalent of 300 DPI on an 7.5 inch by 7.5 inch reproduction.

Magazine 41 was used in lunar orbit.

Craters Sabine and Ritter from lunar orbit. Scans by Kipp Teague.

View of area west of Crater 308 from lunar orbit. Scans by Kipp Teague.

Unless otherwise noted, all images processed by Kipp Teague from raw scans provided by NASA Johnson. Images labeled "OF300" are from the original film and are presented at the equivalent of 300 DPI on an 7.5 inch by 7.5 inch reproduction.

Magazine 42 was used in lunar orbit.

Unless otherwise noted, all images processed by Kipp Teague from raw scans provided by NASA Johnson. Images labeled "OF300" are from the original film and are presented at the equivalent of 300 DPI on an 7.5 inch by 7.5 inch reproduction.

Magazine 43 was used in lunar orbit.

Unless otherwise noted, all images processed by Kipp Teague from raw scans provided by NASA Johnson. Images labeled "OF300" are from the original film and are presented at the equivalent of 300 DPI on an 7.5 inch by 7.5 inch reproduction.

Magazine 44 was used in lunar orbit and during transearth coast.

View of the Earthrise from the Command Module Columbia. This picture was taken shortly after Earthrise as Columbia was passing over Mare Smythii. In looking at Earth, Australia is at the left, just above the lunar horizon. 20 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

View of the Earth from the Command Module Columbia, possibly at AOS on either Rev 12 or Rev 13. As seen from the Moon, the angular diameter of Earth is about 1.9 degrees. Between the times that 6547 and 6549 are taken, the Earth rises about 0.37 diameters or about 0.7 degrees and, with an orbital period of two hours, the interval between 6547 and 6549 can be estimated as 14 seconds. 20 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Earthrise. Scan by Kipp Teague. Mick Hyde notes that the portion of Mare Smythii seen in this image can also be seen in Clementine image bi03n087, which can also be found on the WWW via the Clementine Image Browser. Markus Mehring provides a labeled comparison between the two images.

Earthrise. Scan by Kipp Teague

Earthrise. Scan by Kipp Teague

Earthrise. Since 6547 was taken, the Earth has risen about about 1.8 diameters or 3.4 degrees. The time interval is about 68 seconds. The average interval between frames is about 5 seconds. Scan by Kipp Teague

A view of the LM Eagle, shortly after undocking from Columbia. At this point, Mike Collins is doing a visual inspection of the Lunar Module, and is verifying that the landing gear is down and locked.

An evolution in the LM's design is also apparent. The RCS plume deflectors, mounted on the Descent Stage underneath each RCS quad, were added to prevent the thermal damage observed on the Apollo 10 LM. Compare this photograph with that of the Apollo 10 LM ( AS10-34-5085 ). Scans by Kipp Teague.

LM from the Command Module after undocking.

A view of the LM Eagle, shortly after undocking from Columbia. Scan by Kipp Teague.

LM from the Command Module after undocking.

Inspection photo of Eagle taken by Mike Collins after undocking. 20 July 1969. Scans by Kipp Teague.

View of Crater 308 from lunar orbit. July 1969.

View of Crater 308 from lunar orbit. July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Eagle is approaching the Command Module during rendezvous. The LM hatch is pointed toward us and the Ascent Engine is pointed up. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Eagle is approaching the Command Module during rendezvous. The LM hatch is pointed toward us and the Ascent Engine is pointed up and to the left. Scans by Kipp Teague.

A nearly full Moon photographed from the Apollo 11 Command Module shortly after TransEarth Injection.

A nearly full Moon photographed from the Apollo 11 Command Module shortly after TransEarth Injection. Scan by Kipp Teague.

The Apollo 11 crew took this view of Earth not long before re-entry. Scan by Kipp Teague.

View of Earth prior to re-entry. Note the dramatic red tint of the area near the terminator. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Ed Hengeveld has provided a set of thumbnails images ( 0.7 Mb ) made from low-resolution scans provided by Glen Swanson of NASA Johnson.

Magazine 45 was used in the Apollo Lunar Surface Closeup (Gold) Camera. The area shown in each images is 72 mm by 83 mm.

Anaglyphs created by Erwin D'Hoore from scans found on the website of the Lunar and Planetary Institute.

Red-blue anaglyph created by Erwin D'Hoore.

Red-blue anaglyph created by Erwin D'Hoore.

Red-blue anaglyph created by Erwin D'Hoore.

Red-blue anaglyph created by Erwin D'Hoore.

Red-blue anaglyph created by Erwin D'Hoore.

Red-blue anaglyph created by Erwin D'Hoore.

Red-blue anaglyph created by Erwin D'Hoore.

Red-blue anaglyph created by Erwin D'Hoore.

Red-blue anaglyph created by Erwin D'Hoore.

Note what appear to be soil clods at the bottom. Red-blue anaglyph created by Erwin D'Hoore.

At least some of the large pieces in this image appear to be soil clods, perhaps resulting from disturbance of the area by one of the landing probes. See, for example, AS11-40-5917. Note that the area shown is 72 mm by 83 mm. Red-blue anaglyph created by Erwin D'Hoore.

Red-blue anaglyph created by Erwin D'Hoore.

Red-blue anaglyph created by Erwin D'Hoore.

This image undoubtedly shows a rock surface. The large, white area is an inclusion. Several circular zap pits are evident, including one immediately above the inclusion. Red-blue anaglyph created by Erwin D'Hoore.

Red-blue anaglyph created by Erwin D'Hoore.

Red-blue anaglyph created by Erwin D'Hoore.

Note the large zap pit above center near the righthand edge. Red-blue anaglyph created by Erwin D'Hoore.

Mission Control in Houston celebrates after splashdown. 24 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Mission Control in Houston celebrates after splashdown. 24 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Mission Control in Houston celebrates after splashdown. 24 July 1969.

Mission Control in Houston celebrates after splashdown. 24 July 1969.

Apollo 11 crew and a Navy diver await pickup after splashdown. 24 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 crew in isolation suits after splashdown. 24 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

The Apollo 11 crewmen, wearing biological isolation garments, arrive aboard the U.S.S. Hornet during recovery operations in the central Pacific. 24 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

This patch was used on-board the recovery carrier during Apollo 11. Provided by John Berry, a Honeysuckle Creek Apollo veteran. Scan by John Berry.

Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin (left to right) in their Isolation van on-board the recovery ship U.S.S Hornet being greeted by U.S. President Richard M. Nixon. 24 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin (left to right) in their Isolation van on-board the recovery ship U.S.S Hornet being greeted by U.S. President Richard M. Nixon. Photo filed 24 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin smile through the window of the mobile quarantine van. 24 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Traditional post-flight cake cutting ceremony was altered because the Apollo 11 astronauts were restricted to the Mobile Quarantine Facility. Photo filed 24 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Apollo 11 Command Module during recovery operations. 24 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

The Apollo 11 spacecraft Command Module being lowered to the deck of the U.S.S. Hornet. Note that the flotation ring attached by Navy divers has been removed from the capsule. 24 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

The first Apollo 11 sample return container, containing lunar surface material, arrives at Ellington Air Force Base by air from the Pacific recovery area. Happily posing for photographs with the rock box are (left to right) George M. Low, Manager, Apollo Spacecraft Program, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC); U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips, Apollo Program Director, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA HQ.; George S. Trimble, MSC Deputy Director (almost obscured); Eugene G. Edmonds, MSC Photographic Technology Laboratory; Richard S. Johnston, M.D. (in back), Special Assistant to the MSC Director; Dr. Thomas O. Paine, NASA Administrator; and Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, MSC Director. Caption courtesy of Mike Gentry, JSC Media Services, who writes " This was one of the first captions I wrote when I joined MSC in 1969." 25 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

The first Apollo 11 sample return container, containing lunar surface material, is unloaded at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory, bldg 37, Manned Spacecraft Center. 25 July 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

This is the second rock box Neil filled on the lunar surface. It is the Documented Sample Apollo Lunar Sample Retrun Container and contains approximately 20 grab samples weighing a total of 5.5 kilograms. Neil collected these in about 3 1/2 minutes before starting closeout activities. As he used the tongs to collect a representative sampling of rocks, he put them in a 'weigh bag' made of teflon film. Once he was done, he put the entire weigh bag in the rockbox. In the photo, we see that the weigh bag has been torn open to reveal the rocks. Neil also packed the two core tubes in this box and these can be seen at the upper left. The gloved right hand of the vacuum-chamber operator is at the lower right. 26 July 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Mobile Quarantine Facility is offloaded from USS Hornet. Photo filed 26 July 1969. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Mike Collins (left), Buzz Aldrin, and Neil Armstrong relax in the transfer van. 26 July 1969. Research by Jay Hanks.

Offloading of the Mobile Quarantine Facility from the USS Hornet, to be sent to Hickam AFB, Hawaii. 26 July 1969. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Mike Collins (left to right in the Isolation Van) with their wives, Pat Collins, Jan Armstrong, and Joan Aldrin (left to right?), on arrival at Ellington Air Force Base, Texas, on 27 July 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Aldrin, Collins, Armstrong (left to right), during a post-flight debriefing. Photo filed 3 August 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin (left to right) examining mission photos, apparently out-the-window photos of the LM shadow area. Photo filed 3 August 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Apollo 11 sample 10071,0 is a 190-gram piece of angular, medium-light-grey, fine-grained basalt collected by Neil after 1112009 and returned to Earth in ALSRC No. 1004 (Documented Sample Container. In 2006, a portion of the sample was presented in Neil's honor to the Cincinnati Museum Center on the occasion of his receipt of NASA's Ambassador of Exploration Award. Scan courtesy Susan Erskin and Mike Gentry, NASA Johnson.

View of sample 10071 from the side opposite that shown in 47292. Scan courtesy Susan Erskin and Mike Gentry, NASA Johnson.

View of sample 10071 from the end that was on the righthand side in 47292. Scan courtesy Susan Erskin and Mike Gentry, NASA Johnson.

View of sample 10071 rotated about 30 degrees to the right from the one in 47304. Scan courtesy Susan Erskin and Mike Gentry, NASA Johnson.

View from above of sample 10071,1. Although the negative from which this scan was made in labeled "10070 1", we note that the description of sample 10070 is 'fine breccia' with no mention of vesicles. Charles Meyer of the NASA Johnson Sample Curator's office confirms that the negative was wrongly labeled. Scan courtesy Susan Erskin and Mike Gentry, NASA Johnson.

View from the side of sample 10071,1. Similar notation problem to 47353, above. Scan courtesy Susan Erskin and Mike Gentry, NASA Johnson.

Apollo 11 sample split 10071,2. Scan from the Apollo 11 Sample Catalog by Ken Glover.

Apollo 11 sample split 10071,5, weighing 115.65 grams. Scan from the Apollo 11 Sample Catalog by Ken Glover.

Apollo 11 sample 10072,0 is a 447-gram piece of highly vesicular basalt collected by Neil after 1112009. NASA scan courtesy Gary Lofgren and Terrie Bevill.

Neil Armstrong celebrates his 39th birthday inside the Lunar Receiving Laboratory. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Neil Armstrong greets friends after being released from quarantine. Deke Slayton is in the doorway behind Neil. In an October 2003 e-mail, Neil writes: "The lady with her hand on my shoulder is Deke's wife, Marge." 10 August 1969. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Mike Collins sits in hatch of Apollo 11 Command Module after its return to the Lunar Receiving Laboratory for detailed examination. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Collins, Aldrin, and Armstrong in post-flight tickertape parade in New York City. NASA Administrator Thomas Paine is seated in front of Buzz. Photo filed 13 August 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Collins, Aldrin, and Armstrong in post-flight tickertape parade in Chicago. Photo filed 13 August 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Apollo-11 command module is readied to undergo vacuum bake after return to Downey plant. This procedure would remove any residual moisture from splashdown before the CM was encased in plastic for display at the Smithsonian. 5 September 1969. Scan of Rockwell photo by Ed Hengeveld.

Collins, Armstrong, Aldrin with U.S. Postmaster General Winton M. Blount unveiling a stamp honoring Apollo 11. Photo filed 9 September 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Collins, Armstrong, Aldrin with U.S. Postmaster General Winton M. Blount unveiling a stamp honoring Apollo 11. Photo filed 9 September 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Aldrin (left), Collins, and Armstrong examine an Apollo 11 rock sample at a post-flight function. Photo filed 15 September 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Armstrong, flanked by Collins (left) and Aldrin (right), address a joint session of Congress. Photo filed 16 September 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Mike and Pat Collins (left), Neil and Jan Armstrong, and Buzz and Joan Aldrin at the lodge of Norwegian Defense Minister Otto Greig, 40 miles from Oslo, during the 'Giant Step - Apollo 11' Presidential Goodwill Tour. Photo filed 11 October 1969. Scan by Frederic Artner.

Mike Collins (holding the post) and Buzz Aldrin examine Columbia on the first anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing. Neil Armstrong may be the individual hidden by the post. Photo filed 20 July 1970. Scan by Frederic Artner.

On the 5th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch, Armstrong (left), Aldrin, and Collins unveil a plaque designating Launch Complex 39 at the Cape as a site listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 16 July 1974. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins (left to right) unveil a plaque on designating Launch Complex 39 at the Cape as a site listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Photo filed 17 July 1974. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Sample 10072,80 is a 142-gram portion of Apollo 11 Sample 10072,0. NASA scan courtesy Gary Lofgren and Terrie Bevill.

Astronaut reunion at NASA Johnson. See a labeled detail for identifications, some of which were provided by Jack Schmitt. 22 August 1978. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

The suits worn by Neil and Buzz on the Moon are seen here on display at the National Air and Space Museum in 1999. Training versions of the Gold camera (lower left), the Solar Wind Collector (right of center) and the EASEP (right foreground) are also displayed. Photo by Ken Glover.

These IVA ('IntraVehicular Activity') gloves were worn by Neil and Buzz during both descent and ascent. Photo and scan by Mike Poliszuk.

This sample was handcarried to Australia in 1994 by Honeysuckle Creek veteran John Saxon in 1994 and was presented by John Young to honor Australia's contribution to the success of Apollo 11 twenty-five years previously. Photo by Mike Dinn.

In 2002, Guenter Wendt holds the trout trophy presented to him by Mike Collins just prior to the Apollo 11 launch. Collins and Wendt spent quite a bit of time fishing together and the full story of the trophy can be found on page 132 in Wendt's 2001 autobiography "The Unbroken Chain". Photo and scan courtesy Ulrich Lotzmann.

View of the back, top, and lefthand side of the Hasselblad magazine used by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11 EVA. Note the hook on the back that was used to attach the magazine to the Lunar Equipment Conveyor (LEC) for transfer to the cabin at the end of the EVA. Note, also, the orange decal on the top showing f-stops to be used for photography in various directions relative to the Sun. Note, also, the wire handle on the lefthand side attached to dark slide that was in place whenever the magazine wasn't attached to the camera. In the case of this magazine, the dark slide was removed early in preparations for the EVA, just before the magazine was attached to the EVA Hasselblad. The dark slide was then stowed in the LHSSC (Left Hand Side Stowage Compartment and wasn't inserted again until the magazine was transferred back up to the cabin on the LEC at the end of the EVA. October 2004. Photo by Ulli Lotzmann at the National Air and Space Museum.

View of the top and lefthand side of the Hasselblad magazine used by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11 EVA. October 2004. Photo by Ulli Lotzmann at the National Air and Space Museum.

View of the front of the Hasselblad magazine used by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11 EVA. April 2006. Photo by Ulli Lotzmann at the National Air and Space Museum.

View of the top and front of one of the Hasselblad magazines used by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in the LM cabin but not taken outside. The notation 'HCEX' on the f-stop decal indicates this magazine contained color film. October 2004. Photo by Ulli Lotzmann at the National Air and Space Museum.

View of the front and lefthand surfaces. The wire handle on the lefthand side is attached to the dark slide and is larger enough to accomodate the glove fingers and make removal of the dark slide relatively easy. Note that the silver-colored, reflective outer surface of this magazine, which means it could have been taken outside without overheating. . October 2004. Photo by Ulli Lotzmann at the National Air and Space Museum.

View of the front and righthand surfaces, showing the frame counters and the 'Mag. R' decal. October 2004. Photo by Ulli Lotzmann at the National Air and Space Museum.

Ulli Lotzmann with Buzz's flown suit at the National Air and Space Museum's Garber Facility. August 2005. Photo by Bill Ayrey.

These star charts, printed back-to-back on a single, stiff sheet, were flown to the lunar surface in Eagle and have been signed by Buzz Aldrin. June 2005. Photo and scan courtesy Larry McGlynn.

Hamish Lindsay and Colin Mackellar have provided a high-quality scan of a mint-condition crest/patch from Hamish's personal collection.

Ulli Lotzman poses with Neil's flown suit at the National Air and Space Musuem's Garber Facility. See, also, Karl Dodenhoff's connector layout diagram. Ulli notes, "The patches and name tags and the Apollo 11 suits were never removed - they are the original, flown ones." April 2006.

Photo taken at National Air and Space Musuem's Garber Facility courtesy Ulli Lotzmann. April 2006.

Photo taken at National Air and Space Musuem's Garber Facility courtesy Ulli Lotzmann. April 2006.

Photo taken at National Air and Space Musuem's Garber Facility courtesy Ulli Lotzmann. April 2006.

Figure 5-5 ( 23k )

Pitch attitude time history during descent.

(a) Roll gimbal angle. (b) Pitch gimbal angle.

Enlarged map of the landing area with the ground track.

Sextant footprint during CMP's attempts to locate LM.

Firing time remaining.

CDR and LMP heart rates during the EVA.

Electrical connector between RCU and PLSS.

Figure 1-20a ( 768k or 101k )

Pre-landing view of the landing site, then near the terminator.

Vertical review of the landing site during rendezvous.

Lunar Orbiter 5 Mosaic showing the LM location and West Crater.

Preliminary map of Hasselblad photo locations and directions.

Preliminary traverse map.