Astronaut Edwin Aldrin after deployment of EASEP on surface of moon
by Eric Glaser
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Astronaut Edwin Aldrin after deployment of EASEP on surface of moon
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Eric Glaser
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Photograph - Digital Photography
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"Astronaut Edwin Aldrin after deployment of EASEP on surface of moon"
NASA ID: as11-40-5948
Date Created: 1969-07-20
AS11-40-5948 (20 July 1969) --- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, is photographed during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the moon. He has just deployed the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP). This is a good view of the deployed equipment. In the foreground is the Passive Seismic Experiment Package (PSEP); beyond it is the Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector (LR-3); in the center background is the United States flag; in the left background is the black and white lunar surface television camera; in the far right background is the Lunar Module (LM). Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this picture with a 70mm lunar surface camera. While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the moon, astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia" in lunar orbit.
Image enhanced by Eric Glaser
Image and Text Credit: NASA
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