Earth's Moon - Apollo 11

Armstrong packing lunar samples on the Moon

Earth's Moon
Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong is seen packing lunar samples he had collected at the Modular Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA) on the lunar module in one of the few photographs showing him on the Moon. Armstrong took most of the photographs on the Moon, Aldrin took this picture as part of a series of panoramas of the area around the Tranquility Base landing site. Armstrong is in the shadow of the lunar module, details can only be seen with processing, making the sunlit surface directly behind the LM appear very bright. (Apollo 11, AS11-40-5886)
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Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1969-07-21
Distance/Range (km): 0.02
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -00.57,023.49 E
Orbit(s): N/A

Imaging Information
Area or Feature Type: surface image, astronaut
Instrument: Hasselblad Camera
Instrument Resolution (pixels): Film Type - 50 168
Instrument Field of View (deg): 60 mm Focal Length
Filter: None
Illumination Incidence Angle (deg): N/A
Phase Angle (deg): N/A
Instrument Look Direction: N/A
Surface Emission Angle (deg): N/A

Ordering Information
CD-ROM Volume: N/A
NASA Image ID number: AS11-40-5886
Other Image ID number: N/A
NSSDC Data Set ID (Photo): 69-059A-01A
NSSDC Data Set ID (CD): N/A
Other ID: N/A

Updated 24 January 2003, DRW.