Apollo 11 Spacecraft

July 20, 1969

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Associated Names
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Artist, American, est. 1958

This is a photograph showing a barren extraterrestrial landscape on a television screen. The image is in black and white and has a grainy quality. The landscape appears to be a celestial body with a flat, rocky terrain and dramatic lighting casting bold shadows. There is an object resembling the lower section of a spacecraft on the left, with support structures nearby. Ghostly silhouettes are visible in the center of the image, creating an enigmatic atmosphere.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.9 × 24.2 cm (7 13/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 20.6 × 25.4 cm (8 1/8 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.21.28

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, upper left printed in black ink on applied barcode label: AAC-975-CT; upper center stamped in red ink: JUL 24 1969; by unknown hand, upper center in blue crayon circled: apollo 11-Spacecraft; upper center stamped in black ink: Jul 20 1969; by unknown hand, upper center in blue ink: APROVED [sic]- MADSEN; lower center printed in black ink on applied paper: [illegible] DEPARTMENT / Date July 20, 1969 / TV-Moon / Caruso-Madsen Plate Number / GENERAL CAPTION / Personalities Left to Right / Astronauts land on the moon

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