NASA Photo ID: AS11-44-6642        File Name: 10075285.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 07/21/69
Title: Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage photographed from Command Module
Description:
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage, with Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong 
and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. aboard, is photographed from the Command and
Service  Modules (CSM) during rendezvous in lunar orbit. The Lunar Module
(LM) was  making its docking approach to the CSM. Astronaut Michael Collins
remained  with the CSM in lunar orbit while the other two crewmen explored
the lunar  surface. The large, dark-colored area in the background is
Smyth's Sea,  centered at 85 degrees east longitude and 2 degrees south
latitude on the  lunar surface (nearside). This view looks west. The Earth
rises above the  lunar horizon.             

Subject terms:
APOLLO 11                               
APOLLO PROJECT                          
CRATERS                                 
EARTH (PLANET)                          
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
HORIZON                                 
LUNAR MODULE                            
LUNAR MODULE ASCENT STAGE               
LUNAR ORBITS                            
LUNAR SURFACE                           
PHOTOGRAPHY                             
RENDEZVOUS                              

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