Alan Bean climbing down the LM Intrepid's ladder, EVA 1, 14-24 November 1969

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, printed 1969, numbered "NASA AS12-46-6728" (NASA MSC) in red in top margin, with numbered NASA caption and "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, 25,4 x 20,3 cm

A magnificent photograph of Alan Bean about to make his first step on the Moon.

From the mission transcript when the photograph was taken:
115:49:08 Bean: Okay, Pete, here I come.
115:49:11 Conrad: Wait; wait; wait; wait.
115:49:13 Bean: You ready now?
115:49:14 Conrad: No, no, no, no. Let me come. Dum dee dum dum dum. Got to run through this (small) crater. Here I come. Now, wait a minute. (Reading his checklist)
“LM(P) egress [photography] at (f/)5.6 at 15 (foot focus)”. I made a shambles of that color chart. I tried to throw it in the ground; and, naturally, it went in sideways and got itself so covered with dirt, you wouldn’t know what color it was. (Pause) Okay; I’m ready for you.
115:49:43 Bean: Okay, you might want to give me some directions, too.
115:50:57 Bean: (To himself) There you go. (To Pete) I’m going to try to keep the door open for us, there.
115:51:03 Conrad: Okay. (Pause)
115:51:13 Bean: Pretty good; I’d better get my visor down though.
115:51:15 Conrad: Yes, sir. My, that Sun is bright. (Pause)
115:51:27 Bean: Boy, the LM looks nice on the outside.