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Neil Armstrong

Buzz Aldrin weightless inside Eagle during the outbound journey to the Moon

Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969, 057:04:05 GET

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), stamped “July 20 1969” and with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso [NASA AS11-36-5390], with a tear at the upper left of image

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Neil Armstrong

Right side of LM cabin (Aldrin’s pilot station) with 16-mm movie camera fitted to film out of the window

Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969, 057:04:05 GET

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption numbered “AS11-36-5389” and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso

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Neil Armstrong

The hatch of the Command Module Columbia seen from the overhead docking window of the LM Eagle during the flight to the Moon

Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969, 057:04:05 GET

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS11-36-5394” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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Chaikin, Space, p. 92.

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Buzz Aldrin is seen communicating with Mission Control on Earth during the checkout of the LM. He is on the left side (Armstrong’s pilot station) of the cabin and is placing a pair of sunglasses in his jacket’s arm pocket.

“In our preliminary flight plan I wasn’t scheduled to go to the LM until the next day in lunar orbit but I lobbied to go earlier [...] to make sure that the frail LM and its equipment had suffered no damage during the launch and long trip,” remembered Buzz Aldrin (NASA SP-350, p.207).

057:04:00 Public Affairs officer (Mission Control): At the present time, Apollo 11 is 178,236 nautical miles [330,093 km] from Earth, and the velocity has dropped down now to 3,146 feet per second [959 m/s]. At 57 hours, 4 minutes; this is Mission Control, Houston.
057:04:05 Duke (Mission Control): Apollo 11, Houston. Our recommendations on the activities for the next hour or so, as far as Flight Plan goes, are: Continue your LM familiarization as desired until about 58 hours, then ingress to the CSM, close the hatch, and establish PTC shortly thereafter. Over.

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While Aldrin was checking the LM Eagle, Armstrong was transmitting a TV broadcast to Earth from the tunnel connecting the docked spacecrafts; and taking pictures with the Hasselblad.

This is “an interior view of the LM showing some of the displays and controls. Mounted in the LM window is a 16mm data camera which has a variable frame speed of 1, 6, 12 and 24 frames per second” (NASA caption).

From the mission transcript during the TV broadcast:

056:25:25 Aldrin: That’s about the position we’ll be putting the (16-mm) camera in, after the initial descent down the ladder, and it’ll be taking 1 frame a second for most of the EVA.
056:25:40 Duke (Mission Control): Houston copies. Out.

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A view of the exterior of the Command Module Columbia docked with the LM Eagle, taken during Aldrin and Armstrong’s visual inspection of the LM to make sure all is OK before arriving to lunar orbit. Image includes the side hatch, pitch thrusters and EVA handles. The window of the hatch is clearly visible.