Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, top left NASA logo stamped in purple ink; top right: JOHN F. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, NASA / KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA 32899; upper center: FOR RELEASE JULY 20, 1969 PHOTO NO. AS-11-40-5868 (KSC); center: APOLLO 11 ONBOARD FILM-- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar / module pilot, descends steps of Lunar Module ladder as he prepares / to walk on the Moon. He had just egressed the LM. This picture / was taken by Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, with a 70mm / lunar surface camera during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity.; lower center: This photograph is a government publication--not subject to copyright. / It may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NASA or by any NASA employee of a / commercial product, process or service, or use in any other manner that might mislead. Ac- / cordingly, it is requested that if this photograph is used in advertising, posters, books, etc., / layout and copy by submitted to NASA prior to release.; bottom center: Photo Credit -- NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration