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Apollo 11: the deployment of the US flag

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-apo11-30120

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 16 cm

The deployment of the flag of the United States on the surface of the Moon is captured on film during the first Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. Here, astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, stands on the left at the flag's staff. Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot, is also pictured. The picture was taken from film exposed by the 16mm Data Acquisition Camera (DAC) which was mounted in the Lunar Module (LM).

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1969 - ALDRIN EDWIN - APOLLO - APOLLO 11 - ARMSTRONG NEIL - ASTRONAUT - FLAG - HUMAN - LM - LUNAR MODULE - MAN - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - MOON - MOONWALK - SEA OF TRANQUILITY - SOIL - SPACE SUIT - TELECAST -