Inscription
upper left printed in blue ink perpendicular: NASA / AS11-40-5903; on verso, upper left NASA logo in purple ink perpendicular; across top, center, and bottom printed in purple ink: NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION / HOUSTON, TEXAS 77058 / FOR RELEASE: / PHOTO NO. AS11-40-5903 / 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 used in any other manner that might mis- / lead. Accordingly, it is requested that if this photograph is used in advertising, posters, / books, etc., layout and copy be submitted to NASA prior to release. NASA MSC also / requests written notification of any uses of this photograph in scientific-engineering projects. / COLOR / 20 JULY 1969 AS11-40-5903 / MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS / APOLLO 11 ON MOON---Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module / pilot, walks on the surface of the Moon near the leg of the / Lunar Module during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. / Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photo- / graph with a 70 mm lunar surface camera.
Provenance
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX. (sale, Heritage Auctions, Dallas); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Exhibition History
- 2019
- By the Light of the Silvery Moon: A Century of Lunar Photographs, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.
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