Apollo 11 LM on Moon

July 20, 1969

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Artist, American, est. 1958

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.3 × 17.8 cm (7 3/16 × 7 in.)
    sheet: 20.4 × 25.3 cm (8 1/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.32

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX. Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper left printed in red ink: NASA / AS11-37-5458; lower left: NASA; on verso, upper center printed in purple ink: [NASA logo] NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION / HOUSTON, TEXAS 77058 / FOR RELEASE: / PHOTO NO. AS11-37-5458; upper center NASA copyright stamp in purple ink; center printed in purple ink: COLOR / 20 JULY 1969 / AS11-37-5458 / MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS / APOLLO 11 LM ON MOON----This excellent view from the right-hand / window of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module shows the surface of the / Moon in the vicinity of where the LM touched down. Numerous / small rocks and craters can be seen between the LM and the / lunar horizon. Astronaut Michael Collins, command module / pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules in / lunar orbit while Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; / and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, descended in / the LM to the lunar surface.

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