On July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first human to set foot on the moon.

Apollo11, Sea of Tranquility, 20 July 1969, frames A11-40-5872 and A11-40-5874. On July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the Moon. Their moon walk lasted about 2h30 during which Buzz Aldrin deployed the Solar Wind Collector (SWC), a foil sheet which he is pointing at the Sun and than the flag. Note the word 'Shade' printed on the bottom of the back side. The word 'Sun' is printed on the sunward side. Buzz then saluted the U.S. Flag. His fingertips are visible on the far side of his faceplate. The panorama created with these two frames make Buzz Aldrin appear twice, frame A11-40-5874 was taken approximatly 7 minutes after frame A11-40-5872.

Link: http://spacemodels.nuxit.net/Panoramas/index-A11.htm

Submitted July 20, 2018 at 07:25AM by aandwdabest https://ift.tt/2O3XEhV