Title from caption on object: “Enters Lunar Module”

July 19, 1969

Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.

Associated Names
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
This is a photograph of a spacecraft interior. The image shows an unclear view taken through a television screen or under a low-quality lens. The scene involves an interior perspective of a lunar or space module with blurred and undefined forms. A text panel to the left mentions a spacecraft and connecting tunnel. The photograph captures a moment from a historical space mission with muted tones and low clarity, conveying the atmosphere of early space exploration technology.
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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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