NASA Photo ID: AS11-40-5948 File Name: 10075272.jpg
Film Type: 70mm Date Taken: 07/20/69
Title: Astronaut Edwin Aldrin after deployment of EASEP on surface of moon
Description:
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, is photographed during
the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on the Moon. He has just deployed the
Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP). In the foreground is
the Passive Seismic Experiment Package (PSEP); beyond it is the Laser
Ranging RetroReflector (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.
Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph with a 70mm
lunar surface camera.
Subject terms:
APOLLO 11
APOLLO PROJECT
ASTRONAUTS
EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY
LASER RANGE FINDERS
LUNAR MODULE
LUNAR PHOTOGRAPHY
LUNAR SURFACE
PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT
PHOTOGRAPHY
SEISMOGRAPHS
SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS
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