Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon, July 16-24, 1969
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Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon, July 16-24, 1969

Neil Armstrong [Apollo 11]

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Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon, July 16-24, 1969
Neil Armstrong [Apollo 11]
Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon, July 16-24, 1969
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 21.6 x 26.7cm (8 ½ x 10 ½in), stamped 'D4C 71486' with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso (photograph corresponds to NASA number AS11-40-5902)

Note du spécialiste

“The loneliness of space exploration is captured in this picture of Buzz Aldrin standing by Eagle’s foil-wrapped footpad. But a tiny image of Armstrong taking the photograph can be seen in his reflective faceplate” (NASA SP-350, p.202).

Neil Armstrong said of the sensation of wearing a spacesuit that “We felt very comfortable. It was, in fact, in our view both preferable to weightlessness and to the Earth’s gravity."

“With bulky suits on we seemed to be moving in slow motion,” recalled Buzz Aldrin. “I noticed immediately that my inertia seemed much greater” (NASA SP-350, p. 215).