Title from caption on object: “Enters Lunar Module”

July 19, 1969

Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.

Artist, American, born 1930

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Artist, American, est. 1958

National Broadcasting Company

Publisher, American, founded 1929

Associated Press

Publisher

Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.6 × 22 cm (6 15/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.3 × 27.9 cm (8 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.651

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper center printed in image: TOP; vertical along left edge printed in image: (NY 3-JULY 19) ENTERS LUNAR MODULE-Astronaut Neil Armstrong enters the / lunar module from the connecting tunnel between command and lunar / modules in this picture taken by Edwin Aldrin and monitored on NBC / television Friday. Armstrong and Aldrin checked out the lunar module / to make sure no damage had been done in Wednesday's blastoff or in the / docking maneuver which brought mother ship and lander nose to nose. / (See AP Wire Story) (APWIREPHOTO) (jb/gr70235nbc)1969; on verso, by unknown hand, lower center in blue ink: 4/69 / Moon, Trip to

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