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Apollo 11: Edwin Aldrin Jr. in Apollo spacecraft

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: e-apo11-30380

Image Size 300 DPI: 39 * 31 cm

Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Apollo 11 lunar module pilot, performs for his Earth-bound television audience, in this color reproduction taken from a TV transmission, from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its trans-Earth journey home from the moon. Aldrin illustrates how to make a sandwich under zero-gravity conditions. When this picture was made, Apollo 11 was approximately 137,000 nautical miles from Earth, traveling at a speed of about 4,300 feet per second. Also, aboard the spacecraft were astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; and Michael Collins, command module pilot. July 22 , 1969.

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1969 - ALDRIN EDWIN - APOLLO - APOLLO 11 - ASTRONAUT - EVERYDAY LIFE - FOOD - HUMAN - MAN - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - MODULE - ONBOARD ACTIVITY - PORTRAIT - SPACE - SPACESHIP - TELECAST - WEIGHTLESSNESS - ZERO GRAVITY -