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-11-40-5964 (KSC); center: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.-- Apollo 11 Lunar module pilot Edwin E. / Aldrin Jr. uses a core sampler to remove lunar soil samples from the / lunar surface near Tranquility Base. The core samples were brought / back to Earth for inspection at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory at / the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas. In the background is / the Solar Wind Experiment deployed early during the Apollo 11 lunar / surface EVA.; 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