Apollo 11 (20 JULY
1969) --- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot,
walks on the surface of the Moon near the leg of the Lunar Module
(LM) "Eagle" during the Apollo 11 exravehicular activity
(EVA). Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph
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. (Back
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