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NASA / Unidentified photographer

Mission Control after the deployment of the flag

Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ caption numbered “70-H-864” on the verso

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Taken by the TV camera mounted by Neil Armstrong on the lunar surface

Buzz Aldrin evaluating the mobility on the Moon

Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969, 110:14:00 GET

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered “NASA G-70- 864” (NASA Goddard) in black in bottom margin

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Taken by the TV camera mounted by Neil Armstrong on the lunar surface

The astronauts next to the US flag during the lunar phone call with President Nixon

Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969, 110:17:54 GET

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ caption on the verso

20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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The television transmission on the screen of Mission Control in Houston was broadcast to half a billion people on Earth.

“Here we were, farther away from the rest of humanity than any humans had ever ventured,” remembered Buzz Aldrin. “Yet in another sense we became inextricably connected to the hundreds of millions watching us from 240,000 miles away. In this moment the world came together in peace for all mankind” (Jacobs, p. 63).

“In this moment the world came together in peace for all mankind.”
Buzz Aldrin

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110:13:15 Aldrin: (To Houston) (As per checklist), I’d like to evaluate the various paces that a person can (garbled) traveling on the lunar surface. I believe I’m out of your field-of-view. Is that right, now, Houston?
110:13:30 McCandless: That’s affirmative, Buzz. (Pause) You’re in our field-of-view now.
110:14:00 Aldrin: [...] (garble) change directions, like a football player, you just have to put a foot out to the side and cut a little bit. The so-called kangaroo hop does work, but it seems as though your forward mobility is not quite as good as it is in the more conventional one foot after another.

“I’d like to evaluate the various paces that a person can (garbled) traveling on the lunar surface.”
Buzz Aldrin

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Aldrin (right) salutes the American flag as the astronauts speak to President Nixon.

110:16:03 McCandless (Mission Control): ...We’d like to get both of you in the field-of-view of the camera for a minute. (Pause) Neil and Buzz, the President of the United States is in his office now and would like to say a few words to you. Over.
110:16:23 Armstrong: That would be an honor.
110:16:25 McCandless: All right. Go ahead, Mr. President. This is Houston. Out.
110:16:30 Nixon: Hello, Neil and Buzz. I’m talking to you by telephone from the Oval Room at the White House, and this certainly has to be the most historic telephone call ever made. I just can’t tell you how proud we all are of what you (have done; garbled in the Air-to-Ground recording). For every American, this has to be the proudest day of our lives. And for people all over the world, I am sure they, too, join with Americans in recognizing what an immense feat this is. Because of what you have done, the heavens have become a part of man’s world. And as you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquility, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and tranquility to Earth. For one priceless moment in the whole history of man, all the people on this Earth are truly one; one in their pride in what you have done, and one in our prayers that you will return safely to Earth.

“Because of what you have done, the heavens have become a part of man’s world.”
President Nixon