Space Mission
Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969, 109:32:26 GET
Photographer
Neil Armstrong
Photo Description
Two unreleased photographs, USGS (United States Geological Survey) vintage gelatin silver “proof” prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered “AS11-40-5860, AS11-40-5861” in bottom margin, with original USGS marks and numbers on the prints identifying lunar rocks at Tranquility Base
Essay
After finishing his initial panorama, Neil Armstrong moved 3.9 meters north of the LM ladder and took this panoramic sequence (originally shot on color film) with the Hasselblad toward the south, showing the ladder and the jettison bag (first photograph).
Beyond the LM shadow, the older, eastern portion of the Double Crater he saw from the LM window after landing is visible (second photograph).
109:32:19 McCandless (Mission Control): Neil, this is Houston. Did you copy about the contingency sample? Over.
109:32:26 Armstrong: Roger. I’m going to get to that just as soon as I finish these…(this) picture series.
“I’m going to get to that just as soon as I finish these…(this) picture series.”
Neil Armstrong