Buzz Aldrin, Moon Walk Reflection

July 20, 1969

Neil Armstrong, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Associated Names
Neil Armstrong

Artist, American, 1930 - 2012

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Artist, American, est. 1958

The image shows an astronaut standing on a rocky landscape. The astronaut is in an upright position, slightly turned to the left, with one arm bent forward holding an unknown object and the other arm hanging by the side. The helmet reflects the scene in front of the astronaut. The astronaut is wearing a bulky, white space suit adorned with mission patches, and the helmet includes a gold-tinted visor. Tubes and equipment are visible on the suit as part of the life-support system, along with a U.S. flag patch on the upper arm. The background is a lunar landscape with a dark, airless sky above, and the light casting a long shadow of the astronaut on the cratered surface. Various footprints and equipment marks are visible on the dusty ground surrounding the astronaut.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.1 × 19.2 cm (7 1/8 × 7 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 20 × 25.3 cm (7 7/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.25

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX. (sale, Heritage Auctions, Dallas); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • By the Light of the Silvery Moon: A Century of Lunar Photographs, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

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.

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