Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11)
The Earth seen for the first time by humans from the lunar surface: the Home Planet hanging over the LM Eagle, 16-24 July 1969
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, printed 1969, (NASA AS11-40-5924), with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, (NASA/Kodak, Rochester), 20,3 x 25,4 cm
To get the shot, Buzz Aldrin had to take the camera off his RCU bracket mounted on the chest and point it towards the Earth nearly overhead.
The landing leg and ascent stage of Eagle are very well defined.
“In my own view, the important achievement of Apollo was a demonstration that humanity is not forever chained to this planet, and our visions go rather further than that, and our opportunities are unlimited.”
Neil Armstrong (1999 press conference for the 30th anniversary of the Moon landing)
“We could also look around and see the Earth, which, though much larger than the Moon the Earth was seeing, seemed small, a beckoning oasis shining far away in the sky.”
Buzz Aldrin (NASA SP-350, p. 216)
From the mission transcript when the photograph was taken:
110:50:26 Aldrin: Just too big an angle (to get the Earth), Neil.
110:50:34 Armstrong: Yeah. I think you are right.
Literature:
The View from Space: American Astronaut Photography 1962-1972, Schick and Van Haaften, pg. 14.
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27.09.2023 - 16:00
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Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11)
The Earth seen for the first time by humans from the lunar surface: the Home Planet hanging over the LM Eagle, 16-24 July 1969
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, printed 1969, (NASA AS11-40-5924), with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, (NASA/Kodak, Rochester), 20,3 x 25,4 cm
To get the shot, Buzz Aldrin had to take the camera off his RCU bracket mounted on the chest and point it towards the Earth nearly overhead.
The landing leg and ascent stage of Eagle are very well defined.
“In my own view, the important achievement of Apollo was a demonstration that humanity is not forever chained to this planet, and our visions go rather further than that, and our opportunities are unlimited.”
Neil Armstrong (1999 press conference for the 30th anniversary of the Moon landing)
“We could also look around and see the Earth, which, though much larger than the Moon the Earth was seeing, seemed small, a beckoning oasis shining far away in the sky.”
Buzz Aldrin (NASA SP-350, p. 216)
From the mission transcript when the photograph was taken:
110:50:26 Aldrin: Just too big an angle (to get the Earth), Neil.
110:50:34 Armstrong: Yeah. I think you are right.
Literature:
The View from Space: American Astronaut Photography 1962-1972, Schick and Van Haaften, pg. 14.
Expertin: Mag. Eva Königseder
Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421
eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
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