File: AS11-40-5903
Date: 07/20/1969
Image Credit: NASA

Buzz Aldrin on the Moon

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..

NOTE: This image has been altered slightly from the original Hasselblad camera file. More space has been added above the astronaut's helmet.