Apollo 11 Planting Flag on Moon

July 20, 1969

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Associated Names
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Artist, American, est. 1958

Associated Press

Publisher

This is a photograph showing two individuals in white space suits standing on a barren extraterrestrial landscape. One person is saluting while the other is holding a flag with stripes and white shapes. There are shadows and outlines of mechanical structures near the figures. The surface is dry and uneven, with small rocks scattered around. The lighting indicates a strong light source from the top left.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.5 × 24.6 cm (7 5/16 × 9 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.4 × 25.6 cm (8 1/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.42

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX. (sale, RMY Auctions, Wilder, ID); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

top left printed in black ink: NASA / S-69-40308; on verso, top center stamped in red ink on applied newspaper: WE SEP-1-1993; top center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: AP file photo / Apollo mission: First astronauts on moon in 1969.; center left stamped in purple ink perpendicular: FILED JAN 20 1970; by unknown hand, center in black ink: Space - U.S. - (Apollo 11 [in graphite]) / planting flag on moon [in graphite]; lower right printed in black ink on applied pink sticker: RETURN / TO / LIBRARY

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