Title from caption on object: “Enters Lunar Module”
July 19, 1969
Artist, American, born 1930
Artist, American, est. 1958
Publisher, American, founded 1929
Publisher
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Attributed to

Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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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