i. The command and service module over the Sea of Tranquility, July 16-24, 1969
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered 'AS11-37-5446' in red on top margin on recto, with pen inscription and 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso

ii. Portrait of astronaut Michael Collins in a spacesuit three months prior to the launch of Apollo 11, May 16, 1969
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered 'S-69-31742' in red on right margin on recto, with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso

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For around 45 minutes, astronaut Michael Collins (ii) was completely cut off from communication with his Apollo 11 crewmates and NASA mission control back on Earth. While Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin approached the lunar surface from their module (i), Collins was in a state of utmost solitude on the Apollo 11 spacecraft as it orbited round the far side of the Moon. Collins later remarked that the moment was "very peaceful — no one in Mission Control yakkin' at me and wanting me to do this, that, and the other."