Apollo 11 Liftoff

July 16, 1969

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.8 × 16.5 cm (8 9/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 25.3 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.22

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX. Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper right printed in red ink perpendicular: NASA / S-69-39525; on verso, upper center printed in purple ink: [NASA logo] NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION / HOUSTON, TEXAS 77058 / FOR RELEASE: / PHOTO NO.; upper center NASA copyright stamp in purple ink; center printed in purple ink: COLOR / 16 JULY 1969 / CAPE KENNEDY, FLORIDA / APOLLO 11 LIFTOFF----- The huge, 363-foot tall Apollo 11 / (Spacecraft 107/Lunar Module 5/Saturn 506) space vehicle / is launched from Pad A. Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space / Center, at 9:32 a.m. (EDT), July 16, 1969. Aboard the / Apollo 11 spacecraft were Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, / commanders Michael Collins, command module pilot, and / Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, Apollo 11 is / the United States' first lunar landing mission.; lower center stamped in red ink: SEP 9 1969

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