



Apollo 11 Image Library

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Last revised 08 July 2019.

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NASA photos reproduced from this archive should include photo credit to "NASA" or "National Aeronautics and Space Administration" and should include scanning credit to the appropriate individuals or agencies as noted in the captions.

Many of the scans of photos taken during the missions were done from the original film. These scans are being done by NASA Johnson, with some post-processing by Kipp Teague. The film is scanned at 4096 x 4096 pixels per image. (See a discussion from Arizona State University about the scanning process.) Kipp reduced each digital image to approximately 2350 x 2350 pixels (equivalent to 300 dpi) and did minor adjustments of levels to ensure that (1) brightly lit areas of lunar soil were neutral grey, (2) objects with known colors (such as the CDR stripes or the LCRU blankets) looked right, and (3) information in bright or dark areas was not lost. These images from original film are indicated by the notation 'OF300' in the image description. In each case, a 900 x 900 pixel version is also provided.

Anaglyphs in the image libraries created from sequential panorama frames by the ALSJ editor exist only because of Yuri Krasilnikov's willingness to teach me the art. Whatever value the anaglyphs have is due to Yuri's insights and guidance. Flaws are my doing. Briefly, panorama stitching freeware Hugin is used to create both non-stereo pan assemblies and remapped versions of the images. The latter are then made into anaglyphs using GIMP. The individual remapped images are linked from the corresponding Library entries for the original frames. The remapped images can be used to create stereo views using other methods.

For those interested in the subject of Apollo Photography and the Color of the Moon, see a brief discussion written for the ALSJ by Michael Light.

This Apollo 11 Image Library contains all of the pictures taken on the lunar surface by the astronauts together with pictures from pre-flight training and pictures of equipment and the flight hardware. High-resolution version of all the lunar surface images are included. A source for both thumbnail and low -resolution versions of the lunar surface images is a website compiled by Paul Spudis and colleagues at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston.

Descriptions of the cameras, film and general contents of the various magazines used during Apollo 11 can be found in National Space Science Data Center Report NSSDC 70-06, Apollo 11 Lunar Photography, issued April 1970.

Journal Contributor Paul White has made detailed comparisons of cloud patterns seen in a large number of Apollo images with imagery taken at close to the same time by various meteorlogical satellites.

Sections:

LROC Images of Tranquility Base in order of Solar Phase from Sunrise to Sunset



Date and Time (UTC)

LROC Image

Solar El / Az

LRO Altitude

(km)

Horiz/Vert Res.

(m/px)

Lighting

Features

22 Dec 2009 22:43:38 M116161085R 8.2/90.7 47

0.48/0.55

Early Morn.



18 Jun 2010 10:00:42 M131494509L 10.8/89.7 40

0.40/0.55

Early Morn.



25 Nov 2009 14:44:11 M113799518R 35.8/92.0 47

0.51/0.54

Mid. Morn.

Faint track definition

22 May 2010 02:06:13 M129133239R 36.9/89.2 41

0.41/0.55

Mid. Morn.



29 Oct 2009 08:14:07 M111443315R

63.8/94.9

49

0.49/0.54

Late Morn.

Excellent track definition

01 Oct 2009 23:50:40 M109080308R 87.8/195.3

50

0.53/0.54

Noon

Good track definition

04 Sep 2009 16:18:27

M106719774L 62.7/266.3

122

1.28/1.26

Early Aft.

Better track definition than in August '09 but not as good as 1 October '09

01 Mar 2010 03:50:15 M122054682R 62.3/271.3 42

0.43/0.55

Early Aft.



08 Aug 2009 09:15:31

M104362199R 36.1/269.0

115

1.17/1.19

Mid. Aft.

Armstrong track to Little West faintly visible, LRRR, PSEP

01 Feb 2010 First Pass 19:52:11 M119693197L 34.9/270.3 41

0.46/0.88

Mid. Aft.



01 Feb 2010 Next Orbit 21:45:17 M119699983R 34.0/270.3 41

0.46/0.9

Mid. Aft.



29 Jul 2010 First Pass 08:53:03 M135032851L 28.9/268.8 46

0.53/0.55

Mid. Aft.



29 Jul 2010 Next Orbit 10:46:23 M135039651L 27.9/268.9 46

0.49/0.55

Mid. Aft.



12 Jul 2009 First Pass 01:08:01 M102000149R 10.2/270.2 113 1.18/1.18 Late Aft. LRRR, PSEP

12 Jul 2009 Next Orbit 05:06:36

M102014464R 8.2/270.2

113

1.29/1.17

Late Aft.

LRRR, PSEP not visible

05 Jan 2010 13:46:07 M117338434R 6.4/269.8 41 0.42/0.55

Late Aft.



02 Jul 2010 02:52:17 M132678405R 2.0/270.0 46

0.46/0.55

Sunset











Apollo 11 Site - Sunrise to Sunset WMV Film ( 36 Mb )

ALSJ Contributor GoneToPlaid has used eleven LROC images taken of the Apollo 11 landing site between 12 July 2009 and and 22 May 2010 to show how the appearance of the site from overhead changes with sun angle. Each frame has been converted to a common scale and has been deconvolved and enhanced. The WMV film begins with a presentation of the frames in the order which they were taken. The next section presents the frames in order of solar elevation, beginning with local sunrise and ending with sunset. The third sequence is ordered by solar elevation and shows as area of about 600 x 360 meters, centered on the LM. The sequence shows changes in the appearance of the LM, terrain features, astronaut tracks, rocks, and deployed equipment under different lighting conditions. The sequence also shows bright objects well away from the LM which, because each persists over two or more consecutive images, are almost certainly pieces of Mylar blown off the descent stage during LM liftoff. The final sequence, GoneToPlaid writes, "is a repeat of the previous sequence, but with only a one-sixth-second delay before transitioning to the next image. This helps the sequence flow smoothly from start to finish. It also provides a stronger visual effect where the viewer can clearly see the top of the LM descent stage shifting left and right, relative to the footpads, due to the changing perspective from which the LRO viewed the AP11 landing site."

A detail enlarged by a factor of three shows the LRRR and PSEP as bright spots roughly 21 and 27 meters, respectively, south of the LM. At higher sun angles, an LRRR cover is visible about 3.5 meters east of the LRRR location. The raw LROC file is M102000149R. The landing site lat/long is 0.67N/23.47E. The LRO spacecraft was at 0.47N/24.21E. Deconvolved, 0.50 m/pixel (4.7 Mb TIF) and 1.0 m/pixel (4.9 Mb TIF) versions by GoneToPlaid.

This is our first look at Neil's path to Little West Crater, starting from close to LRRR where he retrieved the ALSCC (Close-up Camera) from a rock where he had set it down. A 3x-enlarged detail shows the LM, LRRR, PSEP. Labeled versions and a link to the raw file (M104362199R) are available at the LROC website. The landing site lat/long is 0.67N/23.47E. The LRO spacecraft was at 0.83N/23.93E. On 14 January 2009, five months before LRO was launched, Journal Contributor Scott Cruickshank made use of AS11-40-5961, the last of Neil's photos taken from the rim of Little West Crater, and AS11-40-5962, which he took on the way back to the LM, to correct errors in existing maps of the routes Neil took to and from Little West. Cruickshank's result is very similar to the routes revealed by LROC images. Deconvolved, 0.50 m/pixel (4.0 Mb TIF) and 1.0 m/pixel (4.0 Mb TIF) versions by GoneToPlaid.



Higher solar elevation than the 08 August image. Good track definition to Little West. Just a hint of the LRRR and PSEP visible in the 0.5 m/pixel deconvolved version. The raw file is M106719774L. The landing site lat/long is 0.67N/23.47E. The LRO spacecraft was at 0.95N/24.33E. Deconvolved, 0.50 m/pixel (4.2 Mb TIF) and 1.0 m/pixel (3.5 Mb TIF) versions by GoneToPlaid.



West Crater is not in the field-of-view. A 3x-enlarged detail shows the EASEP components. The location of the possible piece of mylar noted in the 01 October image is marked. The raw LROC file is M111443315R. The landing site lat/long is 0.67N/23.47E. The LRO spacecraft was at 0.65N/23.42E.

Deconvolved, 0.25 m/pixel (3.2 Mb TIF) and 0.5 m/pixel (1.3 Mb TIF) versions by GoneToPlaid.



The EASEP components in a 3x-enlarged detail are not prominent. The raw LROC file is M113799518R. The landing site lat/long is 0.67N/23.47E. The LRO spacecraft was at 1.07N/23.96E. Deconvolved, 0.25 m/pixel (5.1 Mb TIF) and 0.5 m/pixel (3.9 Mb TIF) versions by GoneToPlaid.



With the sun low in the east, this image is particuarly useful for identifying boulders and terrain features. The raw LROC file is M116161085R. The landing site lat/long is 0.67N/23.47E. The LRO spacecraft was at 0.44N/23.66E. Deconvolved, 0.25 m/pixel (4.7 Mb TIF) and 0.5 m/pixel (5.9 Mb TIF) versions by GoneToPlaid.



The image is grainy. With the Sun low in the west, the LRRR and PSEP show up well in a 3x-enlarged detail. The raw LROC file is M117338434R. The landing site lat/long is 0.67N/23.47E. The LRO spacecraft was at 0.25N/23.29E. Deconvolved, 0.25 m/pixel (4.7 Mb TIF) and 0.5 m/pixel (3.1 Mb TIF) versions by GoneToPlaid.



Reasonably bright, point-like reflections off the LRRR and PSEP. The raw LROC file is M119693197L. The landing site lat/long is 0.67N/23.47E. The LRO spacecraft was at 0.03N/24.00E. Deconvolved, 1.0 m/pixel (2.7 Mb TIF) version by GoneToPlaid.



The LRRR and PSEP are less prominent than in the image taken two hours earlier. The raw LROC file is M119699983R. The landing site lat/long is 0.67N/23.47E. The LRO spacecraft was at 0.02N/22.97E. Deconvolved, 1.0 m/pixel (2.4 Mb TIF) version by GoneToPlaid.



The 3x-enlarged detail shows a good trace of Neil's traverse from the LRRR to the southwest rim of Little West Crater and back to the LM. The raw LROC file is M122054682R. The landing site lat/long is 0.67N/23.47E. The LRO spacecraft was at 0.33N/23.69E. Deconvolved, 0.25 m/pixel (3.7 Mb TIF) and 0.5 m/pixel (4.1 Mb TIF) versions by GoneToPlaid.



LRRR, LRRR cover, PSEP, and good definition of Neil's track out to Little West. The raw LROC file is M129133239R. The landing site lat/long is 0.67N/23.47E. The LRO spacecraft was at 0.7N/23.61E. Deconvolved, 0.25 m/pixel (4.9 Mb TIF) and 0.5 m/pixel (3.1 Mb TIF) versions by GoneToPlaid.



LRRR, LRRR cover, PSEP, and good definition of Neil's track out to Little West. In the 0.125m, deconvolved version, the east-facing solar panel is brightly illuminated while the shadow cast by the west-facing panel is also sharply defined. The raw LROC file is M131494509L. The landing site lat/long is 0.67N/23.47E. The LRO spacecraft was at 1.1N/23.31E. Deconvolved, 0.125 m/pixel (13.9 Mb TIF), 0.25 m/pixel (4.1 Mb TIF) and 0.5 m/pixel (4,8 Mb TIF) versions by GoneToPlaid.



Sunset view of the landing site with primarily crater rims and the body of the LM descent stage illuminated. A 3x detail shows the descent stage shadow overlapping Little West Crater. The raw LROC file is M132678405R. The landing site lat/long is 0.67N/23.47E. The LRO spacecraft was at 0.6N/23.38E. Deconvolved, 0.25 m/pixel (2.3 Mb TIF) and 0.5 m/pixel (3.9 Mb TIF) versions by GoneToPlaid.



The area around the LM brightened by the descent engine is easy to identify in a wide view. The raw LROC file is M135032851L. The landing site lat/long is 0.67N/23.47E. The LRO spacecraft was at 1.07N/24.1E. Deconvolved, 0.25 m/pixel (5.9 Mb TIF) and 0.5 m/pixel (6.1 Mb TIF) versions by GoneToPlaid.



West Crater is out of the LROC field of view. The raw LROC file is M135039651L. The landing site lat/long is 0.67N/23.47E. The LRO spacecraft was at 0.3N/23.05E. Deconvolved, 0.25 m/pixel (5.6 Mb TIF) and 0.5 m/pixel (2.0 Mb TIF) versions by GoneToPlaid.





Vlad Pustynski's Photogrammetric Map showing locations from which Hasselblad images were taken during the EVA (0.2 Mb or 0.1 Mb)

The photogrammetric analysis and its results, including detailed comparisons with LROC images are discussed in a dedicated page.

Brian McInall has combined LROC17512493R with triangulation data derived from the Hasselblad images to produce a map similar in scale to Vlad Pustynski's. Because Brian's triangulation method lacks the detail and precision of Vlad's photogrammetric analysis, location errors are larger, but not enough so to keep the map from capturing the essential features of the EVA. Brian's method lends itself to improved mapping of the individual geology stops made by later crews.

The text that accompanies the map indicates "Because the graphical method by which these data have been obtained is fairly crude, azimuths shown for individual frames may have errors of 3° or more. Positions of most of the camera stations are probably within a 1.5-m circle centered at the point shown. The determinations are sufficiently accurate, however, to provide a useful control net for an overall view of the astronauts' traverse and a starting point for more rigorous analytical photogrammetric measurements."

This 1978 site map is a product of a long collaboration between the Defence Mapping Agency and the US Geological Survey. It was originally drawn at a scale of 1:250. Compare with Preliminary Science Report Figure 3-15, above. The 1978 map may derive from more sophisticated photogrammetric analysis and the rough-and-ready analysis used to get a map ready for the Preliminary Science Report.

This is figure 10.12 from the Lunar Sourcebook by G.H. Heiken, D.T. Vaniman, and B.M. French, editors, copyright 1991 by Cambridge University Press, and is reproduced with permission. It is derived from the 1978 air-brush map above.

This map shows tracks of footprints that can be identified from mission photographs, film, and TV. Scan by Eric Jones . Thomas Schwagmeier has re-drafted a high-resolution ( 238 k ) version.

Thomas Schwagmeier used a detail from the 5 November 2011 LROC image taken from 25-km altitude to revise his Apollo 11 traverse diagram overlayed on a baseball diamond, based on a suggestion by Eric Jones. LROC image by NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University.

At the suggestion of Joe O'Dea , Thomas Schwagmeier has created an overlay of his Apollo 11 traverse diagram on a football (soccer) pitch.

Apollo 11 ESA Smart-1 Image (68k)

ESA caption: "This image, taken by the advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESAâ€™s SMART-1 spacecraft, shows the Apollo 11 landing site in the Mare Tranquillitatis on the Moon. AMIE obtained the image on 5 February 2006 from a distance of 1764 kilometers from the surface, with a ground resolution of 159 meters per pixel. The imaged area is centered at a longitude of 23.9 degrees East close to the Moon equator, at 1.7 degrees latitude. The area is close to crater Moltke (outside the field of view of this image) in the Mare Tranquillitatis. The arrow shows the landing site of Apollo 11, where the first men from Earth set foot on another object in our solar system on 20 July 1969. The two prominent craters nearby are named after two of the Apollo 11 astronauts. The first man on the Moon, Armstrong, has a crater named after him outside the field of this image. Credits: ESA/Space-X (Space Exploration Institute)"

Anaglyph by Patrick Vantuyne.

The Apollo Zone of Interest spanned the Lunar Nearside between latitudes 5 S and 5 N. Eight subregions are labelled and searches for suitable landing site were made in high-resolution imagery of each area, primarily from Lunar Orbiters II and III. The eventual Apollo 11 site is in area IIP-6.

This later map shows five regions, each of which contains one of the five possible Apollo Landing Sites considered for the first landing. These sites were numbered, from east to west, ALS-1 to ALS-5. The eventual Apollo 11 landing site is ALS-2 and is within region IIP-6. Don Wilhelms's book, To a Rocky Moon, contains a wealth of information about site selection. Data from the first three Lunar Orbiter missions are discussed in pages 150-161; and selection of the Apollo 11 site is discussed in pages 188-191.

This flown map shows the proposed landing ellipse and has three hand-drawn, rough ovals in the southwestern quadrant, possibly areas examined by the Apollo 10 crew in one or more passes over the site. Ulli Lotzmann provides a version with the actual Apollo 11 landing site marked ( 90k ).

Lunar Orbiter II frame 2084 from the Lunar and Planetary Institute's Lunar orbiter Photo Gallery, with an arrow added to indicate West Crater.

Lunar Orbiter II frame 5076 from the USGS Astrogeology Research Program's Lunar Orbiter Digitization Project. Eric Nelson has marked the location of the LM and Little West Crater.

Jim Scotti has provided a cropped version showing West Crater and the landing site. René and Jonathan Cantin have created a film of the Apollo 11 Final Approach ( 10 Mb, wmv ) that is a side-by-side composite of the landing film and LO 5076_h3, with a number of craters matched up in the two views.

GoneToPlaid has produced an animated comparison between deconvolved/enhanced versions of Lunar Orbiter image 5076_H3 and LROC image M116161085R. The two views have similar lighting.

This image was taken on 26 December 2007 with the multi-band imager on-board Japan's lunar orbiting spacecraft. North is at the top. The image was provided from the Japanese language version of the Kaguya Image Gallery by ALSJ Contributor Hiroyasu Hayashi. A labeled version shows both Cat's Paw and West Crater. Eagle landed just west of West Crater in an area which, in this Kaguya image, is relatively bright. High-resolution photographs of the Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17 landing sites taken with the Pan Camera flown in the Service Module's Sim Bay on each of those missions show a bright area around each of the LMs, with the lighter albedo probably due to sweeping of the surface by the descent engine. Journal Contributor Markus Mehring has produced a high-contrast version of the Kaguya image and compares it with the same area of pre-landing photo AS11-37-5447 ( 0.1 Mb ). Markus has also produced a high-contrast version of the image with the Eagle's ground track superimposed ( 0.3 Mb ), demonstrating that the light-colored area is around the LM. The ground track comes from Figure 5-8 in the Apollo 11 Mission Report ( 13 Mb PDF ). Although it is tempting to believe that the bright area seen in the Kaguya image is due to the LM exhaust, it is possible that differences in lighting conditions may be the cause. Higher-resolution imagery will be required before the question can be decided.

This map shows the ground track during the last 3 minutes 30 seconds of the descent. Each point is marked with the time remaining (mm:ss) until the landing. Many are labeled to indicate transmission from the crew. Ground track by GoneToPlaid.

During the approach to the landing, the LM moves along the ground track from the bottom of the map to the landing ellipse at the top. The longitude range is 32.5 E to 24.5 E. The original map scale is 1:630,000. The named feature at the upper left is probably "Chuck Hole". The feature to the right of the ground track just below "8+00" is "Last Ridge". The feature above and to the left of "Cape Bruce" near the bottom of the scan is "Ruin Basin". Scan courtesy of Stephen Tellier, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

The landing ellipse is off the bottom of the map and, during the return to orbit, the LM moves along the ground track from the bottom of the map toward the top. The longitude range is 23.0 E to 14.0 E. The original map scale is 1:630,000. Scan courtesy of Stephen Tellier, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

The longitude range is 53.8 E to 45.3 E The original map scale is 1:630,000. Scan courtesy of Stephen Tellier, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

The longitude range is 45.7 E to 36.5 E The original map scale is 1:630,000. Scan courtesy of Stephen Tellier, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

The longitude range is 37.5 E to 28.5 E The original map scale is 1:630,000. Scan courtesy of Stephen Tellier, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

Thomas Schwagmeier has assembled the Descent Monitoring chart and has used it as a template for lunar maps from the Lunar and Planetary Institute website.

Mike Collins used this map to mark the estimated LM locations given to him by Houston. Compare with the sextant locations plotted in Figure 5-14 (below) from the Mission Report. The grid spacing is 1 km and the actual landing site is near J.65 and 7.52. Scan courtesy Bob Craddock and Allan Needell, National Air and Space Museum. The landing ellipse is centered at map coordinates L.0/14.0 and extends north and south 2.4 km from that point and 9.4 km east and west. Mike Collins marked a number of locations with combinations of lines, arrows, circles, and one ellipse using either pencil or a felt-tipped pen. Most of these are associated with estimated LM locations that were given to him at various times during his solo operations in lunar orbit. Beginning at the upper left, there is a penciled ellipse labeled 'Auto Optics' and including craters at N.7/7.2 and M.0/6.7 that Mike mentions at 106:43:08. Owen Garriott gave Mike settings for Auto Optics operation of the sextant at 105:19:59; and, at 106:11:49, about 35 minutes before Mike's next pass over the landing site, Bruce McCandless told him "We'd like you to let the Auto optics take care of the tracking and devote your energies to trying to pick out the LM (visually) on the lunar surface." The 'Auto Optics' ellipse also contains a small circle at L.7/6.6 and attached arrow from the southwest drawn with a felt-tipped pen. I have not been able to associate this circle with anything in the transcript or in Figure 5-14 (below) from the Apollo 11 Mission Report. Immediately to the right of the upper end of the 'Auto Optics' ellipse, Mike has drawn circle, probably around the 'tiny crater' at M.7/8.0 that he mentions at 104:42:48. Below the 'Auto Optics' ellipse, a penciled arrow leads to a circle drawn at K.8/6.3. At 112:22:20, Mike requested an estimated LM position for his pass over the landing site at 112:31:52. Bruce McCandless gave him K.9/6.3 and, as can be seen in Figure 5-14 (below), the actual landing site is just outside the sextant field-of-view for this location. Below and to the right, an arrow drawn with a felt-tipped pen and labeled 'Last Bst Pos Prior L/O' leads to a dark spot at J.5/7.7, which is the estimated location Ron Evans gave Mike at 123:55:23, about a half hour before LM lift off. This location is only about 230 meters from the actual landing site at J.65/7.52. Farther down the map, Mike circled craters at E.3/7.6 and E.8/7.7 and to the left of the E.3/7.6 crater wrote 'SW Rim'. These two craters are in the area he examined during the pass over the landing site at 110:33:40 using the sextant in automatic mode and a set of coordinates Bruce McCandless gave him at 110:18:39. Mike reported the negative results at 110:36:58 but mentioned a "suspiciously-small, white object" on the southwest rim of the E.3/7.6 crater. Finally, there is a small, blue dot at about K.2/5.6, which may not have been purposefully drawn.

Apollo 11 Landing Site: Mission Report Figure 5-8 ( 347k

This labeled version of 1:5000 LM Lunar Surface Map LSE 2-48 shows the ground track and the landing site about 60 meters west of Little West Crater. The grid squares are 50 meters on a side.

Compare with Mission Report Figure 5-8 (above) for the Eagle ground track and the location of the landing site. In a detail ( 750 ), I have marked what is probably a boulder just east of West Crater. The grid squares on this 1:5000 map are 50 meters on a side and the north-south size of the boulder is about 1-2 meters and close to the resolution limit.

This is figure 5-14 from the Apollo 11 Mission Report and shows the various estimates of the landing location given to MIke Collins while Armstrong and Aldrin were on the surface. Each of the small squares is 1 kilometer on a side and the circles, which represent the approximate sextant field-of-view, are each about 3.2 km (2 miles) in diameter.

A comparison of details from Figure 5-8 from the Apollo 11 Mission Report (top) and from the flown copy of LAM-2 (bottom). The latter includes the horizontal 'J' and 'K' lines and the vertical '7' and '8' lines. The resulting box is one kilometer on a side. The actual landing site is near J.65/7.52, sixty meters west of Little West Crater, and the last estimated position given to Mike about half an hour prior to LM lift-off is marked with a felt-tipped pen at J.5/7.7.

Phil Stooke, Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario discovered this "untitled, post-flight, Manned Spacecraft Center graphic in the library of the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston.

This richly-labeled map of the approach to Tranquility Base was created by Markus Mehring . See, also, figure 1-20a ( 0.8 Mb or 0.1 Mb ) from the Apollo 11 Preliminary Science Report. Compare with a Starry Night view ( 0.2Mb ) of the area at the same time 5437 was taken.

This labeled, overhead map of the area around Tranquility Base was created by Markus Mehring . See, also, figure 1-20b ( 0.9Mb ) from the Apollo 11 Preliminary Science Report. Cat's Paw is above and slightly to the right of the landing site in this view. Mehring notes that rim segments in the Cat's Paw cluster of craters are visible from the surface at the LM, as can be seen in a comparison of a detail from 5447 with portions of frames 5882 and 5882a from Buzz's plus-Z pan.

This labeled map was created by David Harland . A detail from 5447 has been rotated counter clockwise so that east to the right. Flown CMP Map LAM-2 has been used to transfer the ellipse onto 5447; and, finally, a box showing the area covered by Mission Report Figure 5-8.

This is figure 5-8 from the Apollo 11 Mission Report and is a composite Lunar Orbiter image covering the final kilometer of the descent path and the immediate landing area.

This HTML-encoded diagram shows the locations from which Neil and Buzz took pictures during the EVA. the original map was drawn by R.M. Batson and K.B. Larson and was dated 11 August 1969. HTML coding by Harald Kucharek . Thomas Schwagmeier has re-drafted a high-resolution, non-HTML version ( 196 k ).

The composite was constructed from high-resolution scans of the map ( 2347k ), the text at the lower left ( 177k ), the central text and scale ( 271k ), the text at the lower right ( 999k ), and the legend ( 999k ). Scans by Frank O'Brien .

086:18:56 Animated Earthrise Sequence ( 1.2 Mb )

This Earthrise sequence was taken on Rev 6 at about 086:28:15 or 04:00:15 UTC on 20 July 1969. Australia is near the western limb, as can also be seen in a Celestia image generated for that time with an observer 2000 km from the center of the Moon at lat / long 0.0 / 80 E. Animated gif by Paul White .

These frames were taken out the windows about an hour and half after the landing, and form a contingency panorama in order to briefly document the site, so that the crew wouldn't have left with empty hands in case of a No-Stay decision. Assembled by Karl Dodenhoff before high-resolution scans from the original film became available. Frames AS11-37-5449 to 5453 form a CDR (left) window pan ( 151k ); and frames AS11-37-5454 to 5458 form an LMP (right) window pan ( 123k ).

This assembly uses high-resolution scans (OF300) from the original film. The frames are those used in the individual left- and right-window pans that follow, except that "AS11-37-5451 was removed from the final mix to improve rendering around the area of the top of the LM shadow." . Assembled by Syd Buxton .

This assembly uses high-reolution scans (OF300) from the original film. The frames are AS11-37-5449 to 5453, plus 37-5459, 40-5847 and 40-5848. "Post-EVA frames 37-5497 and 37-5500 were used to help with alignment and to fill in some small gaps." Assembled by Syd Buxton .

This assembly uses high-reolution scans (OF300) from the original film. The frames are AS11-37-5454 to 5458, plus 40-5849. Assembled by Syd Buxton .

David Harland as used high-resolution scans of AS11-40-5847 and 5848 by Kipp Teague to create a mini-pan showing the double crater below Neil's window.

Neil took this pan near the bottom of the ladder while he was waiting for Buzz to start out thru the hatch. The frames are AS11-40-5850 to 5858. Pan assembly by Dave Byrne . Thumbnails by Joe O'Dea. Full-resolution assembly with derived anaglyphs ( 5.3 Mb ) by Eric Jones . David Harland has used 5852 to 5854 to create a mini-pan of the double crater ( 2.0Mb ) below Neil's window; and frames 5855 to 5857 to create a mini-pan ( 1.7Mb ) showing the view to the northwest.

After finishing his initial pan, Neil moved 3.9 meters north of the ladder and took three frames toward the south. The frames are AS11-40-5859 to 5861. The locations are indicated in a detail from Vlad Pustynski's photogrammetric map of the site. The three AS11-40 photo numbers are underlined in red and a red highlight has been added to each of the direction arrows. Pan assembly by Dave Byrne . High-resolution version ( 3.7 Mb ) and one with anaglyphs in context ( 1.6 Mb ) by Eric Jones .

Neil took a series of pictures of Buzz's egress and descent to the surface. He also took two frames, AS11-40-5864 and 65 of the area under the descent stage. Dave Byrne has used 5863, 64, and 65 to create this view of Buzz on the porch. Thumbnails by Joe O'Dea.

Jon Hancock has used 5864, 65, and 5869 to create this view of Buzz on the footpad. Jon writes, "I think Neil changed position between 5864/65 and 5869, so the perspective changed slightly; but, by rotating 5969 to correct the horizon and enlarging it a few percent to get the scale to match the other two, they fit together quite well (at least I think so!)". Dave Byrne has created an alternate version ( 469k ) and, with the addition of 5863, a view with Buzz both on the porch and on the footpad ( 559k ). A third version ( 2.1Mb ) has been provided by David Harland .

Buzz took this pan from due west of the ladder, on the rim of Double Crater. It includes AS11-40- 5881 to 5891. Frame 5886 is the only good Hasselblad image of Neil taken during the EVA. Assemblies by Dave Byrne . Thumbnails by Joe O'Dea. High-resolution pan plus anaglyphs in context ( 8.5 Mb by Eric Jones . Other assemblies by Mauro Freschi ( 0.3Mb ); David Harland ; and a second portion also from David Harland ( 3.0Mb ).

Neil took AS11-40- 5901 to show the bulk sample area and then raised his aim to get Buzz in 5902. Assembly by Jon Hancock .

Buzz took this pan from the rim of a shallow crater north of the LM. The frames are AS11-40- 5905 to 5916. Assembly by Dave Byrne . Thumbnails by Joe O'Dea. Partial version with Neil included on the left (3 Mb). Assembly by Jon Hancock . High resolution version with anaglyphs in context ( 10 Mb ) by Yuri Krasilnikov and Eric Jones LM portraits by David Harland ( 3.4Mb ) and Erik van Meijgaarden has created an alternate LM portrait ( 7.5Mb ).

The frames are AS11-40-5928 and 5929. Assembly by Erik van Meijgaarden . Thumbnails by Joe O'Dea. David Harland has created an alternate version that includes 5927 ( 2.0Mb ).

The frames are AS11-40-5927, 28, and 29. See, also, a two-frame version ( 0.3 Mb ) made from 5927 and 28. Assemblies by Yuri Krasilnikov .

Neil took this pan from a spot southeast of the LM while Buzz's was removing equipment from the SEQ Bay. The frames are AS11-40- 5930 to 5941. Assembly by Yuri Krasilnikov . Thumbnails by Joe O'Dea. Anaglyphs with context (12 Mb) by Yuri Krasilnikov and Eric Jones . Other assemblies by Hans Nyberg in VR wraparound format; Erik van Meijgaarden ( 8.2 Mb ); and David Harland ( 3.4Mb ).

Neil took this sequence of photos on the southwest rim of Little West Crater, which is 60 meters east of the LM. He overflew this 30-m crater during the final approach and, near the end of the EVA ran out to it to take these pictures. The frames are AS11-40-5954 to 5961. Assembly by Eric Jones . Thumbnails by Joe O'Dea. Anaglyphs with context ( 8 Mb ) by Eric Jones . Additional assembly by Erik van Meijgaarden version (8.5Mb or 361k)

Neil and Buzz used up the remaining film on magazines 37/R, taking AS11-37-5460 to 5555, and 39/Q, taking AS11-39-5792 to 5839. Bob Farwell has selected frames from Magazine 37/R to create a pan covering both windows. A second version is presented on a white background. Note that Farwell's construction involves a certain amount of artistic license because neither Neil or Buzz actually had an unrestricted view from side to side, as shown by pans assembled from Magazine 39/Q images for the CDR window and the LMP window. Next, Farwell added a frame from the 16-mm DAC mounted in Buzz's window, showing Neil and Buzz erecting the flag. An additional version, the 16-mm DAC frame is partially transparent, showing the residual differences caused by the fact that the DAC is mounted over the window and is aimed at a steeper angle than that of the Hasselblad. Finally, Farwell has modified Figure 10.12 from the Lunar Sourcebook to provided a rough comparison with the assembled pan. Farwell has provided a fuller discussion of the assembled pan and related items.

These are frames AS11-37-5510 to 5517, taken out Buzz's window. Assembled by Karl Dodenhoff . A high-resolution version ( 3.5 Mb ) has been done by Eric Jones . The fresh, sharp-rimmed crater beyond and just to the right of the TV camera has been identified in the 8 August 2009 LRO image ( 0.2 Mb of the landing site and is also visible in an anaglyph ( 280k ) made by Yuri Krasilnikov from frames AS11-40-5855 and 56 from Pan 1. The TV camera is about 20 m from Buzz, while the fresh crater is about 70 m away. See, also, a labeled version of the pan and a similarly labelled, animated gif made from the three 2009 LROC images, both by Vlad Pustynski. The LROC have been stretched to correct for E-W foreshortening.

These are frames AS11-37-5468, 69, and 80 taken out Buzz's window. Assembled by David Harland .

Buzz did some quick pans out his window, using the DAC, possibly at this time. Assembly by Ian Regan .

Buzz did some quick pans out his window, using the DAC, possibly at this time. Assembly by Ian Regan .

The frames are AS11-37-5496 to 5505. Assembled by Eric Jones .

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This pre-flight photo shows Buzz's suit in its lunar surface configuration. Note that the sewn-on cuff checklist can be seen on the wrist cover of Buzz's left glove, the one closest to the right suit leg. Note, also, that Buzz is not going to wear a strap-on pocket. See, also, AS11-40-5903. Ken Glover believes that the grey square at the upper right, just below the bubble helmet, is a photographer's grey card; it is certainly not an EMU component. The pattern of Velcro strips and snaps surrounding the connector cluster provided for installation of what seems to have been called an "umbilical cover". There is considerable evidence that the Apollo 11-14 LM crew members' suits all had a similar pattern of Velcro and snaps but, as of June 2007, we have been unable to locate any indication - in photos, checklists, and EMU handbooks - of an umbilical cover having been flown. Karl Dodenhoff has provided a photograph, but doesn't remember where he found it. Scan by Eric Jones .

This pre-flight photo shows Buzz's left glove, including the sewn-on checklist. Scan courtesy J.L. Pickering .

In the text reproduced below, Neil's items are in parentheses. LMP(CDR)

Environ Fam (TV Deploy)

Deploy SWC

EVA & Envir Eval - (Bulk S) Lean/Reach/Walk

Best Pace/Start/Stop

Fast Pace/Traction/Dust

Pene-Photo Footprint

Scuff/Cohesion/Adhesion

Gen EVA Eval

Light-Up/Down/Cross Sun

Color/Contrast/Texture

Reflect/Rocks/Craters

Gen Eval/Phenomena

Panorama

LM Inspect - Quad I Photo Blk Sam Area

Unstow ALSCC

Panorama

Off-Load EASEP/Deploy PSE

Close-up Photos

Documented Sample Col: SRC to Strut

Unstow SRC

Core Tube (Hook Bag)

Unstow Scoop & Tongs

Describe & Col Sam - Feature/Assoc

Age/Amount Close-up Photos/Casette

Collect Envir/Gas Sam Bulk Sam/Core/Tube Clean EMU/Ingress (Photo)

This pre-flight photo shows Neil's suit in its command module configuration, which includes the black IVA (Intra-vehicular) gloves at the right. Scan by Eric Jones .

This pre-flight photo shows Neil's IVA (Intra-vehicular) gloves. Scan by Eric Jones .

This pre-flight photo shows Neil's suit in its lunar surface configuration, which includes the Liquid Cooled Garment at the left and the EVA (Extra-vehicular) gloves and moon boots at the right. Mike Gentry at NASA Johnson gives a date for the photo of 9 July 1969, but this may represent the date when the photo was released to the public and that the date it was taken was earlier. Research by Frederic Artner . The suit is shown with a strap-on pocket attached to the left thigh, as was the case during the EVA. In a detail from S69-38889 ( 166k ), we see some horizontal strips of Velcro hooks on the outside of the top flap which, on later missions, mated with horizontal strips of Velcro pile on the suit to hold the flap open. In the detail, we see that a loop of Velcro has been added been attached to the flap and a corresponding strip of Velcro has been attached over the front of the left hip. Further details of a typical strap-on pocket can be found in an Apollo 16 discussion. The suit shown in that discussion is Charlie Duke's training suit, which had horizontal strips of Velcro pile just above the knee, because Charlie wore his strap-on pockets on his shins. Ulli Lotzmann notes that the card placed between the boots that reads "PGA 076" is wrong. The actual serial number of Neil's PGA is 056. The mistake is undoubtedly due to the fact that the serial number of Neil's suit 'liner assembly' is 076. The person who created the card probably saw the serial number of the liner and thought that was the number for the entire PGA as well. Bill Ayrey (ILC) has provided "the fit-check record from the day that Neil was initially fitted into his 056 suit. It was on December 5, 1968 at 5 PM (which was on a Thursday). Mel Case was the ILC engineer performing the fit check. Neil came back to ILC on Saturday, May 3, 1969 for his final fit-check in the 056 suit." Journal Contributor Roland Suhr notes that there isn't a mission patch on the suit. Photos S69-38489 to 38517, taken during an EMU Crew and Cabin Fit-and-Function (CCFF) session on 25 June 1969, also show the flight suits without mission patches. Clearly, the patches were put on the suits no earlier than 25 June. On 27 January 2014, ILC Historian Bill Ayrey wrote: "ILC was responsible for preparing the suits which included sewing the patches on. NASA was responsible for providing the patches which as I recall, they bought from a company named Lion Brothers. (Bill is correct. See Gene Dorr's patch webpage.) Ron Woods was one of our ILC suit technicians at the time and actually suited Buzz up for his Apollo 11 mission. " On 28 January 2014, Ron Woods told Ayrey "We were very late on sewing on the Beta (cloth) Flight Patches. Maybe two weeks prior to launch. And, of course, they were top stitched with the sewing machine and then carefully hand sewn through the top layer of the TMG (Thermal-Micrometeoroid Garment)."

This pre-flight photo shows Neil's EVA (extra-vehicular) gloves. The sewn-on cuff checklist is clearly visible on the wrist cover on the left (upper) glove. Note that there is also a sewn-on decal in the inside of the wrist cover on the right (lower) glove.

This pre-flight photo shows Neil's left glove, including the sewn-on checklist. Scan by Eric Jones .

This pre-flight photo detail shows Neil's sewn-on cuff checklist. In the text reproduced below, Buzz's items are in parentheses. CDR(LMP)

Transfer Cam

Prel Cks: LM Status/Photo 3 Gear

Terrain

Lighting/Photo Sam Areas

Photo Egress

TV-Change Lens (Fam)(SWC)

Photo SWC-Cam on Mesa

Bulk Samp (EVA & Envir) Unstow Bag/Scoop/Hammer

Unpack SRC/Col Samp

Seal SRC (Unstow ALSCC)

Hook Up LEC LM Inspect-Close Up Photos

Recv Still Camera-Photo Quad II/-Y Gear

EASEP Off-load/Panorama EASEP Deploy & Photo

Documented Sample Col: Stereo Core Tube

Tether Bag/Unstow Gnomon

Photo & Bag Samples

Hold Envir/GSA Samp Cont

Retrv SWC-Soil Mech

Pack/Close SRC (Ingress) Photo LMP/Cam Mag to LEC

Transfer Bulk SRC

Transfer D.S. SRC

This pre-flight photo shows Neil's IV (Intravehicular) gloves, which were worn for suited operations in the spacecraft and lacked the various thermal layers present on the EVA gloves. Lacking the thermal layers, the IV gloves were far more flexible than the EVA gloves.

This x-ray was taken on July 7, 1969 by Jack R Weakland who worked in the NASA x-ray lab from 1968 to 1979 and told Ulli Lotzmann in 2002 that " he x-rayed everything from pipe welds to the astronaut moon boots, PGA suits etc. One purpose of this x-ray was to determine and verify that there were no sharp, foreign objects imbedded in the cloth - that is, needle points, pins etc. - that could puncture the pressure suit." Scan by Ulrich Lotzmann .

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This group portrait was taken at Philmont Scout Ranch in northeastern New Mexico during a 3-6 June 1964 geology field trip. From left to right, they are: Pete Conrad, Buzz Aldrin, Dick Gordon, Ted Freeman, Charlie Bassett, Walt Cunningham, Neil Armstrong, Donn Eisele, Rusty Schweikhart (behind Eisele), Jim Lovell, Mike Collins (partly hidden behind Lovell), Elliot See, Gene Cernan (behind See), Ed White, Roger Chaffee, Gordon Cooper, C.C. Williams (behind Cooper), Bill Anders, Dave Scott, Al Bean. Journal Contributor Jim Scotti writes "It's a bit sad looking at this image to note that six of the twenty gentlemen in it didn't even live to see the first moon landing; and six of the twenty left footprints on the Moon. They had an equal chance of dying before the first landing or walking on the Moon. Amazingly, we've only lost two of the fourteen who survived until July 1969; and I hope at least a few of them are still around when the next footprints are left on the Moon." Journal Contributor Brian Lawrence adds "One thing I find interesting with photos such as this is who is missing from the photo. Twenty out of the thirty astronauts who had been selected by June 3, 1964 took part in the Philmont Ranch trip. Those missing were, from the first (Mercury) group were Glenn ('retired' a few months earlier), Carpenter (recently returned to the USN), Shepard & Slayton (both grounded), and Grissom & Schirra (assigned to Gemini 3). Also missing, from the second group, were Young and Stafford (also assigned to GT-3) plus McDivitt and Borman (commander and backup commander of GT-4)." Scan by Colin Burgess .

Additional group portrait taken at Philmont Scout Ranch. Collins is not hidden by Lovell. In the caption for this picture in his excellent book To a Rocky Moon, Don Wilhelms writes "As they posed, they realized their resemblance to a glee club and spontaneously hummed a note to establish pitch." Scan courtesy Mike Gentry, Jody Russell, and Kathy Strawn, NASA Johnson .

1964 portrait of Neil Armstrong. Scan by Kipp Teague .

Ken Mattingly (left) and Neil Armstrong (right) during a geology field trip in Iceland in 1967. Scanned by Ken Glover from Gene Simmon's 'On the Moon with Apollo 16 - A Guidebook to the Descartes Region'.

Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. paddles to the shore of Lake Texoma during training at the U.S. Air Force Air Defense Command Life Support School, Perrin Air Force Base, Sherman, Texas. He sits in a one-man life raft. He was dropped into water after making parasail ascent some 400 feet above the lake. Purpose of the training is to prepare pilots for possible ejection from aircraft during flight. 6-7 May 1968. Scan and caption courtesy NASA Johnson .

Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. is strapped into parachute harness during training at the U.S. Air Force Air Defense Command Life Support School, Perrin Air Force Base, Sherman, Texas. Purpose of the training is to prepare pilots for possible ejection from aircraft during flight. 6-7 May 1968. Scan and caption courtesy NASA Johnson .

Similar to S68-40394. 6-7 May 1968. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil Armstrong during parachute training at Perrin AFB in Sherman, Texas. 27 May 1968. Research by J.L. Pickering .

Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Television Camera held by Stan Lebar, leader of the Westinghouse team that developed the camera. Scan by Frederic Artner .

In addition to a framing rate switch, the top of this camera has marks to indicate the field-of-view when either the "35 degree Lunar Day lens" or the "80 degree Wide Angle lens" was in use. On the left, a two-position allows a choice of framing rate of either 10 frames per second or 0.625 fps. The latter was never used on the Moon. In January 2010, Mike Dinn initiated what became an extended exchange of e-mail about the 0.625 fpd mode. The discussion ultimately included Dinn, Dick Holl (Bendix/OTC), Colin Mackellar (editor of the HSK website), Dick Nafzger (GSFC), John Sarkissian (Parkes), John Saxon (HSK), Dwight Steven-Boniecki (author of Live TV from the Moon, and Bill Wood (GDS). Early in the exchange, Wood remember that, while he was doing a final edit of the restored telecast combined with the Flight Director's loop, "I noted Network telling Flight ... that they were ready to handle the super-slow scan rate during the start of Neilâ€™s TV Panorama. To me that indicates they planned to support that mode if needed." Nafzger added, "we had the capability to handle the .625 mode and it was intended to look at rocks, etc. as a basic still shotâ€¦..we did test it and it was fine, but once they started using the 10fps and the worldwide excitement built, Stan (Lebar) said they didnâ€™t want to take any chances switching modes!!! They were afraid that they couldnâ€™t get back to live tv!!" Holl said, " I remember testing (the 0.625 fps mode) in our downstairs lab (at Australia's Overseas Telecommunication Commission facility at Paddington in Sydney)) and it worked fine." Photo taken at the National Air and Space Museum in August 2004 by Ulrich Lotzmann .

[Scan courtesy Colin Mackellar, who writes that one of the five is on the Moon, one is at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, and one lives at the National Electronics Museum in Linthicum Heights, Maryland.

Buzz Aldrin (left), Neil Armstrong, and Mike Collins pose in business suits following a press conference at the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston. 10 January 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague .

Astronaut Don L. Lind does a trial deployment of the Apollo 11 Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP) in Building 9 at the Manned Spacecraft Center. 21 January 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld .

Astronaut Don L. Lind does a trial deployment of the Apollo 11 erectable S-Band antenna and Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP) in Building 9 at the Manned Spacecraft Center. Buzz watches from the left. 21 January 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Astronaut Don L. Lind does a trial deployment of the Apollo 11 erectable S-Band antenna and Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP) in Building 9 at the Manned Spacecraft Center. Buzz watches from the left. A detail shows the fleixible-cable 'crank' used to adjust aiming in azimuth or elevation and the sighting 'glass' used to check aiming. 21 January 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil Armstrong poses at the Lunar Landing Research Facility at NASA Langley. 12 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA .

Neil and Buzz document a sample during a field trip at Sierra Blanca in west Texas. Buzz is wearing a bright-red jacket with a distinctive black steer logo on the left breast. Stephen O. Moshier and Mark Griffin call attention to S64-23846, a photo taken during a 3-6 June field trip by 20 Apollo astronauts to Philmont Scout Ranch in northwestern New Mexico. Buzz is second from the left between Pete Conrad and Dick Gordon. Buzz and all the others were wearing jackets with the same steer logo. Moisher tells us that he used to have one of the Philmont jackets and that they were bright red. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy Mike Gentry, NASA Johnson .

Buzz Aldrin (left) and Neil Armstrong examine rock samples in west Texas near Sierra Blanca and the ruins of Fort Quitman, about 130 kilometers southeast of El Paso. Apollo 16 geology team leader Bill Muehlberger writes, "The Sierra Blanca trip was the only trip specifically on geology for the Apollo 11 crew. They went into the large arroyos to learn how to sample when a variety of rocks are spread out." 24 February 1969. Research by Ed Hengeveld .

Buzz (left) and Neil during the Sierra Blanca trip. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil examines a rock sample during the Sierra Blanca trip. He is holding a geology hammer in his left hand and is wearing an Omega Speedmaster watch. Journal contributor Dan Buchan notes "his watch shows 1:12:33." 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil Armstrong examines a sample during the Sierra Blanca trip. 24 February 1969. Research by Ed Hengeveld .

With Back-up Commander Jim Lovell (left) looking on and holding a Hasselblad, Back-up Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise (right) examines a sample during the Sierra Blanca trip. Both have geology hammers stowed in tool belts. Haise also has what looks like a tape recorder attached to the front of his belt. The leather pouch on Lovell's left hip may also hold a tape recorder. The recorders would capture any descriptions they made of the samples which, after the end of the session, could be discussed with the trainers. 24 February 1969. Research by Ed Hengeveld .

Jim Lovell (left) and Fred Haise appear to be standing on the back gate of a 4-wheel-drive vehicle. They are probably doing an initial evaluation of the site, equivalent to the out-the-window descriptions the later crews did soon after landing on the Moon. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz (left) appears to be taking a handheld "before" photograph of a sample, undoubtedly one of the rocks near the head of the tongs Neil has in his right hand. Neil has a tape recorder on his belt and a large box scoop in his left hand. Note that the extension handle attached to the top of the scoop shaft is not symmetric. Note, also, that neither the scoop shaft nor the extension handle shaft have knurled sections for better gripping, as was the case of the flown items. The fact that Buzz is taking a handheld photo may be an indication that the idea of using a bracket on the RCU had not yet emerged. The camera handle appears to be attached to a lanyard, which also suggests that the RCU camera bracket is still in the future. Buzz has a hammer holder on his belt over his right hip and has a weigh bag hooked to his right, front pocket. Inside the weigh bags, we see the telltale shape of at least one closure tab on an individual sample bag. As can be seen in photo S69-25202, Buzz has a pack of individual sample bags attached to weigh bag. The pack of sample bags is badly out-of-focus but, in S69-25903, an identical pack is clearly visible attached to Jack Swigert's weigh bag. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz (left) takes a handheld documentation photo while Neil appears to be using the tongs to collect a sample. He may be leaning on the scoop for support or may intend to put the sample in it. This photo clearly shows the lanyard attached to the camera handle that Buzz has around his neck. It also shows that he has a snap hook attached to the weigh bag and hooked onto the opening of his right, front pocket. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz may be taking a panorama. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil applies his geology hammer to a sample presumably collected from the vertical face beyond him. That face contains numerous rocks embedded in soil, with clear evidence of layering. Buzz is beyond Neil, probably bent over to pick up a rock. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz (left) and Neil examine a sample during the Sierra Blanca field trip. The jackets suggest that this is a morning photo. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Jim Lovell leans on a boulder during the Sierra Blanca field trip. Jack Schmitt is immediately behind Jim while Fred Haise is to our left. 24 February 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague/Ed Hengeveld .

Lunch at the Sierra Blanca field trip. Lovell and Haise are in the left foreground and Armstrong and Aldrin (back to the camera) are in the background. As detailed in a labeled version, the other individuals in the group are Support Team members Bill Pogue and Jack Swigert; MSC Geology Branch Chief Ted Foss; MSC geologists Uel Clanton, John Dietrich, Bob Long, (possibly) Mike McEwen, and David McKay; Ray Zedeker of the MSC Training Office; and Bob Sutton of the USGS Astrogeology Branch. 24 February 1969. Identifications courtesy John Dietrich and Uel Clanton, December 2002. Dietrich believes the NASA photographer was Andrew 'Pat' Patnesky, confirmed by Mike Gentry of NASA JSC Media Services. Scan by Kipp Teague .

Neil and Buzz on the Sierra Blanca geology trip with Mike McEwen, a member of the Manned Spacecraft Center's Geology Branch who participated in astronaut geology training. 24 February 1969. McEwen identification courtesy John Dietrich, August 2002. Scan by Kipp Teague .

Apollo 11 Support Team members Bill Pogue (foreground) and Jack Swigert (hidden behind Pogue), with Bob Long of the Manned Spacecraft Center's Geology Branch (left), and Bob Sutton of the USGS Astrogeology Branch (right) during the Sierra Blanca geology trip. Identifications courtesy Jack Schmitt, John Dietrich, and Uel Clanton in 2002. 24 February 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague .

From the left, Neil Armstrong (blue shirt), Buzz Aldrin, Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, Bill Pogue (blue flight suit), and Jack Swigert collect samples. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Fred Haise (left) and Jim Lovell, the Apollo 11 Back-up LM crew on the Sierra Blanca geology field trip. Haise has the tongs in his right hang and seems to have a tape recorder around his neck. Lovell is holding the scoop in his right hand, a small sample bag in his left, has a clear teflon weigh bag in a frame suspended from his belt on his left hip, and a geology hammer just visible on his right hip. 24 February 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague/Ed Hengeveld .

Apollo 11 Support Team members Jack Swigert (left) and Bill Pogue (right) discuss a sample during the Sierra Blanca geology trip. Pogue has a tape recorder and Swigert has a weigh bag and a pack of individual sample bags. 24 February 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague .

Neil (left) watches Buzz take a documentary photo of a sample. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil and Buzz at Sierra Blanca. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil and Buzz at Sierra Blanca. The jackets and Neil's gloves indicate that this is a morning photograph. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Guenter Wendt works with the Apollo 11 backup crew during an altitude chamber test. 24 March 1969. Research by Ed Hengeveld .

Jim Lovell,the Back-up Commander, slides into the Command Module for an altitude chamber test. 24 March 1969. Research by Ed Hengeveld. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil Armstrong suited for a training exercise at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston. Photo filed 18 April 1969. Neil and Buzz's did suited training sessions on both the 15th and 18th of April, 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague .

Buzz (left) pours a sample out of the large scoop into a sample bag Neil is holding. On the Moon it would have been difficult for Buzz to bend the suit enough to get his hands this close together and probably would have had to hold the scoop in one hand and turn the basket around a horizontal axis to make the pour. Neil and Buzz ran short of time during their EVA and did not collect any documented samples. 15 April 1969. Photo filed 18 April 1969. The training session may have actually been on 15 April 1969. Scan by J.L. Pickering .

EVA training photo taken 18 April 1969 shows Neil Armstrong checking his deployment of the erectable S-Band antenna while Buzz Aldrin uses the tongs to gather a sample. During the mission, communications with Houston was deemed to be good enough that erection of the S-Band antenna was skipped. Similar antenna were erected by the Apollo 12 and Apollo 14 crews to allow signal transmission from the color television camera used on those flights. Scan courtesy Margaret Persinger/KSC .

Passive Seismometer Package. Early 1969. Scan courtesy J.L. Pickering .

Portrait of Neil during training on 18 April 1969. As can be seen in a detail, the magazine not securely fastened to the camera body. Ulli Lotzmann notes "The mag lock lever is already in the "open" position, but has to be turned a little bit beyond this position to free the magzine for removal. Scan courtesy J.L. Pickering .

Neil uses the large scoop. Photo filed 18 April 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague .

Neil Armstrong stands in the footpad at the base of the ladder during training. It is unlikely that he is going to try to get up on the ladder. In lunar gravity, the jump was not difficult when pushing with the legs and pulling with the arms. On Earth, even with a lightweight PLSS mockup, the weight of the suit makes the jump too difficult to try. Photo dated 18 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil Armstrong uses the Lunar Equipment Conveyor at the foot of the ladder during training. Because he is standing to the left of the ladder and has only a short length of the LEC, he may be trying to get the straps over the porch rails to get them out of the way for Buzz's exit from the cabin. See S68-31053, below. Probably 15 or 18 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil at the MESA during training. Note that Neil has a camera bracket on the front of his RCU. 15 or 18 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil assembles the contingency sampler during training. 15 or 18 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil uses the contingency sampler during training. 15 or 18 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil uses the contingency sampler during training. 15 or 18 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil collects the contingency sample during training, as he did during the mission at 109:33:30. Photo dated 18 April 1969. See the Apollo 11 Crew Training Summaries. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil prepares to remove the sample bag from the contingency sampler during training. 15 or 18 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil with the contingency sample bag. He no longer has the other components of the sampler, which may have been taken out of the way by the person behind him. During the mission, he discarded the handle and other components. 15 or 18 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil with the contingency sample bag. Comparing with 31050, we see that he has opened flap of the pocket on his left thigh. Note the Velcro strips which hold the flap closed. Neil will put the sample bag in the pocket. 15 or 18 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil during training, trailing a comm cable. 15 or 18 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil near the foot of the ladder. Note that the LEC straps are, indeed, outside the porch railing on the MESA side. 15 or 18 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil with a camera mounted on his RCU bracket. note the S-Band antenna package stowed in an equipment bay to the right of the ladder. 15 or 18 April 1969. Scan courtesy Mike Gentry, Jody Russell, and Kathy Strawn, NASA Johnson .

Neil at the S-Band antenna stowage bay. The person hidden beyond Neil has his hand resting on the side of the simulator and may be discussing removal of the antenna package with Neil. 15 or 18 April 1969. Scans courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil carrying the deployable S-band antenna during training. 15 or 18 April 1969. A detail shows the antenna package. Scans courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil prepares to deploy S-band antenna, apparently ensuring that he has a rough alignment. If Neil had actually done the alignment during the EVA, the earth would have been about 60 degrees above the western horizon. That is roughly the direction, relative to the orientation of the simulator, Neil is looking. Evidently, someone identified a feature on the ceiling at about the right relative azimuth and elevation to give Neil a sense of the direction, relative to the spacecraft, and how high up he'd have to look to find Earth. 15 or 18 April 1969. Scans courtesy Mike Gentry, Jody Russell, and Kathy Strawn, NASA Johnson .

Neil has one of the three telescoping legs and the transmitting element extended. He appears to be locking the leg in its extended position. 15 or 18 April 1969. Scans courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil has the S-Band antenna fully deployed and is reaching to the crank with which he will pointed the dish in azimuth and elevation. See also a close-up of the crank. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil at the MESA. Note the TV lens peeking out from the thermal blanket, pointed at the foot of the ladder. Journal Contributor John Sarkissian has located the TV lens in the same configuration in an enhanced detail from AS11-40-5866. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil at the MESA. He has opened the thermal blankets. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz joins Neil for the training session. Note that Buzz does not have a camera bracket on his RCU. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz and Neil (background) at the MESA) Note the tie-down strap hanging down from just below Buzz's RCU and the snap hook at the bottom of the strap. Note, also, the checklist fastened to Buzz's left gauntlet. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Mike Collins prior to centrifuge training. 14 April 1969, Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Mike Collins prior to centrifuge training. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Mike Collins prior to centrifuge training. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Mike Collins during centrifuge training. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Mike Collins during centrifuge training. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Mike Collins during centrifuge training. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Mike Collins during centrifuge training. Scan courtesy Mike Gentry, Jody Russell, and Kathy Strawn, NASA Johnson .

Mike Collins from above during centrifuge training. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Mike Collins from above during centrifuge training. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz Aldrin works at the MESA during training. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (foreground) and Buzz at the MESA during training. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil places a rock box on the MESA table. Journal Contributor Ed Hengeveld notes that Owen Garriott is immediately beyond Neil, wearing a tie but no jacket. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil opens the rock box. An extension handle is sticking out below is right hand. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil collects a soil sample with the large, box scoop. Note the weigh bag attached to the near corner of the MESA. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil pours the soil sample in the weigh bag. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil closes the rock box, probably with the weigh bag inside, while Buzz watches. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

This training photo shows Neil closing the righthand latch on rock box at the MESA table. Note the ETB on the near corner of the table and the tool handle sticking out of it. Photo dated 18 April 1969. The training session was almost certainly on 15 April 1969. Research by Paolo Dangelo . Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (left) and Buzz during training. Note that Buzz is wearing the RCU camera bracket and an attached camera. A person in the background seems to be checking out the high-gain antenna. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil near the LM mockup with the Solar Wind Collector on the righthand edge of the image. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz has the seismometer on the surface after removing it from the Scientific Equipment (SEQ) Bay. The Lunar Ranging Retro Reflector (LRRR or LR-Cubed) is still in the bay. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy Mike Gentry, Jody Russell, and Kathy Strawn, NASA Johnson .

Close-up side view of Neil wearing a camera on his RCU camera bracket. Good detail of his LEVA tabs. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Close-up front view of Buzz during training, with the LM mock-up reflected in his face plate. Good detail of his microphones and LEVA tabs. 15 or 18 April 1969 Research by J.L. Pickering . Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Close-up front view of Buzz at the ladder. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil works with the rock box at the MESA. Deke Slayton is in the background in dark jacket, tie, and dark glasses. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil works with the rock box at the MESA. Deke Slayton is in the background in dark jacket, tie, and dark glasses. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz during suited training. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan by J.L. Pickering .

Neil uses the Lunar Equipment Conveyor (LEC) to send a mock-up of a rock box up to the cabin. The rock box he was working with previously during this training session is still on the MESA table. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil uses the Lunar Equipment Conveyor (LEC) to send a mock-up of a rock box up to the cabin. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil uses the Lunar Equipment Conveyor (LEC) to send a mock-up of a rock box up to the cabin. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy Mike Gentry, Jody Russell, and Kathy Strawn, NASA Johnson .

Neil uses the Lunar Equipment Conveyor (LEC) to send a mock-up of a rock box up to the cabin. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil uses the Lunar Equipment Conveyor (LEC) to send a mock-up of a rock box up to the cabin. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil gets a rest. Research by J.L. Pickering . 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil works at the MESA while Buzz takes a plus-Y pan. On the Moon, this will be north of the spacecraft. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil works at the MESA while Buzz takes a plus-Y pan. On the Moon, this will be north of the spacecraft. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil works at the MESA while Buzz takes a plus-Y pan. On the Moon, this will be north of the spacecraft. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz continues a plus-Y during training. 15 or 18 April 1969 Note that the camera doesn't appear to have the trigger assembly of the silver-colored EVA camera. Compare with KSC-69PC-362. 15 or 18 April 1969 Research by J.L. Pickering . Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil works at the MESA while Buzz takes a plus-Y pan. On the Moon, this will be north of the spacecraft. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

A technician works on Buzz's PLSS at left. Neil, on the right, would not be able to lean as far forward on the Moon without support. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz (left) and Neil during training. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz prepares to remove the seismometer from the Scientific Equipment (SEQ) Bay. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy Mike Gentry, Jody Russell, and Kathy Strawn, NASA Johnson .

Buzz (left) with the seismometer and Neil (right) with the LRRR. During the mission, Buzz carried both packages away from the LM while Neil followed behind taking pictures. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

The fully deployed seismometer is in the foreground with the LRRR beyond it near Buzz. Neil is on the right. They both appear to be resting. The SWC is near the far edge of the training area at center. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz is about to unstow the rockbox while Neil watches from the foreground. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz is about to open the rock box so he can remove the core tubes. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (left) watches Buzz open the rock box. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (left) watches Buzz remove weigh bags and other contents of the rock box so he can get at the core tubes. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (left) watches Buzz remove the contents of the rock box. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (rear) takes a documentation photo of the core tube Buzz has driven into the surface. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (rear) watches Buzz remove the core tube. 15 or 18 April 1969 The SWC is on the left. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (left) and Buzz practice collecting documented samples. Neil has a weigh bag attached at his waist and is holding an individual sample bag while Buzz prepares to use the tongs. There is a gnomon on the surface between them and the large, box scoop just beyond it. During the Apollo 11 EVA, Neil and Buzz rain out of time before they could do any documented sampling. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz (right) uses the tongs to collect a small rock while Neil holds open an individual sample bag. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy Mike Gentry, Jody Russell, and Kathy Strawn, NASA Johnson .

Neil holds out an individual sample bag to receive the rock Buzz has in his tongs. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz (right) collects a sample with the tongs. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz (right) prepares to drop a sample from the tongs into an individual sample bag Neil is holding open for him. On the Moon, they would not have been able to bend the suits as much as they could in terrestrial gravity. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (left) takes a documentation photo of the sampling area. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz (foreground) drops a rock sample in an individual sample bag Neil is holding open for him. Neil is wearing a weigh bag clipped at his waist and has a pack of sample bags clipped to the top of the weight bag. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz (foreground) drops a rock sample in an individual sample bag Neil is holding open for him. Neil is wearing a weigh bag clipped at his waist and has a pack of sample bags clipped to the top of the weight bag. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz (right) pours a soil sample into an individual sample bag. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (left) holds an individual sample bag containing a small quantity of soil. 15 or 18 April 1969 Buzz has the large, box scoop. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (left) drops the soil sample bag in the weigh bag. Buzz has the large, box scoop. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (right) and Buzz at the MESA after the documented sampling. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (right) and Buzz at the MESA after the documented sampling. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz (right) collecting a soil sample with the large, box scoop. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz (right) collecting a soil sample with the large, box scoop. Neil may be taking a documentation photo. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (right) and Buzz at the MESA. The Lunar Equipment Transfer Bag is hanging from the near corner of the MESA. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (left) is holding the Small Environmental Sample Container into which Buzz will put a small rock. LIke the documented sampling, this task was not done during the mission due to lack of time. 15 or 18 April 1969 A detail ( 126k ) zooms in on the container. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (foreground) packs the rock box. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy Mike Gentry, Jody Russell, and Kathy Strawn, NASA Johnson .

Neil packs the rock box while Buzz retrieves the Solar Wind Collector (SWC) in the background. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz photographed from behind the ladder. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil uses the Lunar Equipment Conveyor (LEC). Note that the MESA is covered with its thermal blankets. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil uses the Lunar Equipment Conveyor (LEC) to transfer what is probably a camera down from the cabin. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil appears to be discussing the camera transfer with someone off-camera to the right. 15 or 18 April 1969 Note that the LEC straps are now outside the porch rail on the MESA side. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil has started walking toward the camera, moving his hands along the straps while maintaining some tension. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil now has the camera on his RCU bracket. Note the tech sitting in the LM hatch. He was undoubtedly in the cabin playing Buzz's role in the camera transfer. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil walks off the training surface, still wearing the camera. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil with the package containing the deployable S-Band antenna. He would have done the deployment during the mission if the signal thru the LM antenna had been unacceptable. It was adequate, so this time-consuming task was skipped. Here's Neil may be looking at a procedures decal on the top plate. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scans courtesy NASA Johnson .

Similar to 31148. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scans courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil is removing a cover plate from the top of the package. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scans courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil has the restraining ring in his right hand and is going to discard it. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil raises the receiver/transmitter mast of the deployable S-Band antenna. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scans courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil is about the extend one of the three telescoping legs. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil is raising the third leg, which is mostly hidden behind the mast. Next he will removed restraining strap and let the legs swing outwards on pivots at the bottom of the package until they are lying on the surface. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scans courtesy Mike Gentry, Jody Russell, and Kathy Strawn, NASA Johnson .

Neil has all three legs deployed and is lifting the main body until the legs come inward toward the locked position. Note that the entire package has a lunar weight of only 1 kg. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil has raised the S-Band antenna higher, bringing the legs farther inward . 15 or 18 April 1969 Scanss courtesy NASA Johnson .

Similar to 31156. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil now has the antenna raised to full height, with the legs in their final configuration. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil is removing a rib protector that bound the umbrella ribs at the bottom. See, also, a detail. Neil will let the rib protector slide down the leg on our right. In the foreground, the carry bar lies on top of the umbrella cover. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

The rib protector can be seen wrapped around the bottom on the leg at the lower right. Neil is releasing the trigger lanyard. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil has the trigger lanyard. When used, the trigger will release the strap warpped around the middle of the umbrella, allowing it to spring open. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil has pulled the release cord. Note that Neil is holding one of the legs with his left hand, undoubtedly to keep the antenna from jumping and, possibly, tipping over, in reaction to the umbrella springing open. As Pete Conrad told the press during a post-Apollo 12 news conferenced, "I know many of you've seen it deployed in practice. It said on the instructions (that) when you deploy it, it unfolds and springs out. But it (also) said (to) hold on to the leg; and I really didn't hold on to the leg too well; and, when I deployed it, it jumped about 4 feet in the air." Ulli Lotzmann has sketched the scene ( 227k ). 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil with the S-Band antenna now open. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil at the MESA with the S-Band cable. Note that his Hasselblad is mounted to an RCU mock-up. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil at the S-Band antenna. A detail shows the sighting glass and crank. A second detail shows the rib protector on the surface. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz during suited EVA training in MSC Building 9. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz during suited EVA training in MSC Building 9. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil, wearing PLSS mockup No.26, at the MESA, with Buzz beyond him. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil at the MESA. Buzz is hidden behind Neil, being tended by technicians. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz in the foreground. Note that his RCU does not have a camera bracket of front. In the background, Neil has placed the TV on it's tripod. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil has moved the TV to the end of the cable connecting to the spacecraft and off the simulated lunar surface. In the background, Buzz is working at the MESA. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz is at the MESA holding the extendible staff for the Solar Wind Collector (SWC). Note that he has a tiedown strap and snjap hook hanging down from beneath his RCU. Other photos show that this was to be used to secure the Hasselblad camera with Buzz had it. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz with the SWC assembled. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz with the SWC staff pushed into the surface. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy Mike Gentry, Jody Russell, and Kathy Strawn, NASA Johnson .

On the Moon, Buzz will orient the SWC so that the collector surface faces the Sun. In this indoor setting, he's has pointing it roughly toward minus-Z. As can be seen in mission photo AS11-40-5872, the SWC that Buzz deployed on the Moon had the word 'Sun' printed on the bottom of the sunward side and 'Shade' on the back. This training unit is not marked. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil at the MESA with the rockbox open on its 'table'. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil collects the Bulk Sample with the large scoop. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Motion blurred photo of Neil with the S-Band antenna. The umbrella cover is on the right with the carry bar on top. The rib protector rings the far leg. The photographer may be from Aviation Week and Space Technology. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil practices alignment of the S-Band antenna. He appears to be turning the crank barrel with his right hand. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil and Buzz seem to have swapped RCUs. Neil is on the left, facing us. Buzz is on the right wearing the RCU mockup with an attached Hasselblad. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (left) and Buzz at the ladder. Note that Neil isn't wearing a checklist and neither of them is wearing a watch. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz near the S-Band antenna. Buzz has a checklist attached to the gauntlet of his right glove. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (right) is working at the MESA. Buzz is in the background wearing the Hasselblad. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (foreground) is pulling a rock box out of the MESA. Buzz is in the background. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil has opened the rock box and is removing wire mesh packing material. Photo S69-31205 (below) provides a better view of the mesh material. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil has attached a spring scale to the near corner of the MESA and has a weigh bag in his left hand. Buzz is in the background, perhaps discussing photographic tasks with the person to his left. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil has attached the weigh bag to the spring scale. Because earlier EVA activities took longer than planned, Neil never used the spring scale on the Moon. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil has collected a 'sample' with the large scoop and is pouring it into the weigh bag. The SWC is in the foreground on the left. Something is hanging at the end of a lanyard attached to the porch. Perhaps a second Hasselblad? 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil with the large scoop. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil appears to have collected another 'soil sample'. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy Mike Gentry, Jody Russell, and Kathy Strawn, NASA Johnson .

Neil pours a 'sample' into the weigh bag. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil pours a 'sample' into the weigh bag. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil closes the rockbox. Buzz is in the background near the SWC. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz is in the foreground, perhaps watching Neil latching the rockbox. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil is at the center of the image and Buzz is in the right foreground. The technician on the right is holding Buzz's comm cables, keeping them out of harm's way. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (left center) and Buzz (right) during an EVA runthrough. At some point before 31197 was taken, Neil and Buzz swapped RCUs, giving Neil the camera. Throughout this sequence, the Zipper cover over Neil's groin has been partly open, allowing us to identify him in this photo in which the PLSS numbers are not visible and Neil's face is turned down and to his left enough that he is not clearly identifiable. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz is preparing to open the Scientific Equipment (SEQ) Bay so he can remove the Passive Seismometer and the Lunar Ranging RetroReflector (LRRR or LR-Cubed) for deployment. He is holding a tape that is on the righthand side of the Bay. When he pulls on the tape, the protective doors will open. Diagrams on page 58 of Scott Sullivan's Virtual LM illustrate the way the door is hinged. Additonal details can be found on pages 38 to 47. Two light-colored pads have been placed on the floor below the Bay to protect the training units when Buzz puts them down after pulling them out of the Bay. Note that Buzz no longer has the Hasselblad. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz is opening the SEQ Bay doors by pulling the tape with his right hand and guiding the return with his left. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz (left) and Neil have moved back onto the simulated lunar surface. Buzz has the seismometer and Neil the LRRR. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil is in the foreground deploying the LRRR. Buzz is in the background, undoubtedly working with the seismometer. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil is in the foreground deploying the LRRR. Buzz is behind him deploying the seismometer. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil is in the foreground deploying the LRRR. Buzz is behind him deploying the seismometer. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil is in the foreground deploying the LRRR. In the background, Buzz has the seismometer's solar panels deployed. 15 or 18 April 1969 A labelled drawing of the PSEP includes dimenions provided by Allan Needell of the National Air and Space Museum.Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (right) and Buzz have completed deploying the experiments. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz (right) works with the rockbox while Neil watches. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy Mike Gentry, Jody Russell, and Kathy Strawn, NASA Johnson .

Buzz has removed a core stem from the rockbox and has attached it to an extension handle. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz leans to his left, apparently to get something out of the large bag hanging from the far side of the MESA. On the Moon, he would not be able to lean that far to the side without holding on the the spacecraft and or sticking his left leg far out toward the photographer and bending is right knee. Note the spare Hasselblad hanging at Neil's right by a lanyard from the porch. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz (right) and Neil at the MESA. Buzz is holding a core tube attached to an extension handle. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (left) and Buzz at the MESA. Buzz is holding a weigh bag. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil (left) and Buzz at the MESA. Buzz is holding a weigh bag. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz pours a soil sample into the weigh bag. Note the tongs hanging from Buzz's waist. Neil is just out of frame to the right. The lens of his Hasselblad and his lower left leg are visible. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil at the MESA with a weigh bag sitting in the rockbox. Note that Neil has a checklist attached to the gauntlet of his left glove. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Informal training portrait of Mike Collins as he prepares for a centrifuge run. He may have a sensor taped to his chest. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

MIke Collins prepares for a centrifuge run. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

MIke Collins prepares for a centrifuge run. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

MIke Collins and a technician at the centrifuge. Mike Gentry, a JSC veteran, tells us that the centrifuge "at that time was configured like the interior of the Apollo CM, with three couches and almost the 'whole ball of wax.'" Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil Armstrong watches while Buzz Aldrin takes a photograph of the LM mockup that can be seen reflected in Buzz's faceplate. Note Buzz's strap-on cuff checklist. 15 or 18 April 1969 Photo filed 18 April 1969. The training session may have actually been on 15 April 1969. Scan by Ed Hengeveld .

Neil Armstrong (right) holds open a small sample bag to receive the sample Buzz Aldrin has collected with the tongs. The large scoop is in the foreground attached to the extension handle. 15 or 18 April 1969 Photo filed 18 April 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague .

Neil Armstrong taking a documentation photo of a sample Buzz Aldrin is about to collect with the large scoop. The gnomon at the right-hand side of the picture gives an indication of local vertical, provides scale, and has a color/grey scale on the vertical stick. No documented samples were actually collected during Apollo 11 because other activities took longer than planned. 15 or 18 April 1969 Photo filed 18 April 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague .

This excellent training close-up of Neil shows his OPS actuator mounted on the side of the RCU, details of the camera as mounted on the front of the RCU, and details of the tabs at the top of the face plate used to lower the gold-coated UV visor and the side visors. 15 or 18 April 1969 Photo filed 18 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz (right) extracts the LRRR from the SEQ Bay. He previously removed the passive seismometer, which is on the floor to his left. Neil watches carefully from behind Buzz. During the mission, Neil took a pan from this location once Buzz had the doors open and had started to remove the package. Buzz had the option of either using the tapes or removing the packages manually. During the mission, he took them out manually. 15 or 18 April 1969 Photo filed 18 April 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague .

Buzz (left) appears to be getting the extension handle off the MESA, which was stowed at the upper right as shown in S69-31581. Neil is at the right and is wearing a PLSS with the number '26' stenciled on both sides. 15 or 18 April 1969 Photo filed 18 April 1969. The training session may have actually been on 15 April 1969. Scan by J.L. Pickering .

Either Neil or Buzz is being fitted with an RCU mock-up equipped with a bracket to hold a Hasselblad. Photo 21233 (below) suggests this is Neil. 15 or 18 April 1969. Scan courtesy Mike Gentry, Jody Russell, and Kathy Strawn, NASA Johnson .

Close-up of Buzz showing his microphones. 15 or 18 April 1969 Research by J.L. Pickering . Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz prepares for EVA training. Note the strap-on checklist on the gauntlet of his left glove. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Buzz prepares for suited EVA training. He has an air circulation (or cooling?) unit hooked up to his purge valve connector. Note the strap-on checklist on the gauntlet of his left glove. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil prepares for EVA training. He is wearing an RCU mock-up with camera bracket. The partially open flap over the astronaut's groin indicates this is Neil. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil prepares for EVA training. Note the snap hook hanging down from beneath the RCU mock-up. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil standing in the ladder footpad at the start of an EVA runthrough. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil standing in the ladder footpad at the start of an EVA runthrough. Note that he has the end of the Lunar Equipment Conveyor (LEC) hooked to the tiedown snap hook attached to the front of the suit. During Neil's ladder descent on the Moon, Buzz kept some tension on the LEC so that it would act as a safety tether. Once Neil demonstrated that he had no trouble getting down the ladder safely, the LEC was never again put to this use. See, also, training photo S69-32246. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil works at the MESA still hooked to the LEC. On the moon, he detached the LEC once he has taken a few steps near the ladder. Note that he is wearing a strapped-on pocket on his left thigh. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy Mike Gentry, Jody Russell, and Kathy Strawn, NASA Johnson .

Neil's strap-on thigh pocket has fallen off. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil is holding the contingency sampler in his right hand. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil collects the contingency sample. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil collects the contingency sample. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil has released the sample bag from the handle and is holding the bag in his left hand. Note that his thigh pocket has been re-attached. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil has the S-Band antenna package in his left hand. 15 or 18 April 1969 Note that he now has a camera on his RCU bracket. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil with the S-Band antenna package. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil with the S-Band antenna package. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil is taking a panorama near the ladder. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Neil near the MESA. Notice that he does not have a camera on his RCU bracket. 15 or 18 April 1969 Scan courtesy NASA Johnson .

Rock box stowed in the training MESA. Part of the second rock box can be seen stowed in a second slot above the first. At the top right are the tongs and the TV lens that will be used when the TV is moved away from the LM. Scan by Kipp Teague .

Wider view of the training MESA with only the two rock boxes and the narrower-field TV lens in position. The framework at the bottom is the erectable MESA table used to hold a rockbox in workable position. Scan by Kipp Teague .

MESA with extension handle stowed over round slots for PLSS LiOH canisters. Because Neil and Buzz were only going to do one EVA, replacement canisters weren't flown until Apollo 12. Scan by Kipp Teague .

MESA with extension handle and tongs stowed. Scan by Kipp Teague .

MESA with geology hammer stowed . Scan by Kipp Teague .

MESA with scoop head and geology hammer. Note that both can be fit to the extension handle. Scan by Kipp Teague .

Gnomon stowed to the left of the scoop head. Scan by Kipp Teague .

TV tripod stowed over the gnomon and to the left of the scoop head. Scan by Kipp Teague .

Attachment details - just above the hammer head - of the TV support. The TV support puts it in proper position to show the bottom of the ladder. Scan by Kipp Teague .

TV support attachment details immediately left of tongs. Scan by Kipp Teague .

Upper surface of the TV support. This view is toward the ladder. Scan by Kipp Teague .

Back of the TV camera as mounted on the TV support. This view is toward the ladder. Removal of the pins frees the camera for removal from the MESA. One of the pins, not yet installed, can be seen on the near righthand edge of the camera platform. Scan by Kipp Teague . Paul Coan, Manned Spaceflight Center Television Subsystem Manager who was responsible for the equipment used on the Apollo spacecraft, writes, "The camera was mounted on the MESA upside down because the top plate was the 'hard' part of the structure. It was placed at an angle so that the bottom of the ladder could be viewed when the MESA was fully deployed. (There was some concern about whether the MESA would deploy fully â€“ but that was not a problem.) The top was painted with a special white paint to minimize solar absorption and to maximize radiation. In contrast, the bottom was highly reflective to minimize absorption of heat reflected from the lunar surface. The handle/camera interface was designed with two trunnions and two 'hooks' and a latching mechanism so that, as you rotated the handle to its operating position, the handle was latched to the camera. It also provided the suited astronaut the capability of unlatching the camera."

Locking pin that was seen uninstalled in S69-31573 has been inserted in the proper hole. The lanyard is a safety precaution against loss of the pin . Scan by Kipp Teague .

Front view of the TV camera as mounted on the MESA. The lens on the camera is the wide-angle lens used to show the ladder. Note that the camera is mounted upside down. Scan by Kipp Teague . Paul Coan writes, "The handle of the TV was 'substantial'. It was designed with a sufficient diameter so that the spacesuit gloved astronaut could easily attach it to the camera, and so that it could carry the weight of the camera. The cable that ran through the handle carried both video and power.".

The bag on the left is the Lunar Equipment Transfer Bag which, on Apollo 11 to 14, was stowed in the MESA. For Apollo 15 to 17, it was flown to the Moon in the cabin. Scan by Kipp Teague .

Wider view of the central part of the MESA. Scan by Kipp Teague .

MESA table strapped over ETB. Scan by Kipp Teague .

Full view of the MESA. Scan by Kipp Teague .

View of the lefthand side of the MESA. Scan by Kipp Teague .

View of the righthand side of the MESA. Scan by Kipp Teague .

View of the MESA from the foot of the ladder. Scan by Kipp Teague .

Neil and Buzz (left) brief NASA managers before a training session described in the Crew Training Summary as a "Lunar Timeline Demo for Dr. (George) Mueller (NASA Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight from 1963 to 1969)." 22 April 1969. Scan courtesy Mike Gentry, Jody Russell, and Kathy Strawn, NASA Johnson.

Buzz (left) watches Neil use the Lunar Equipment Conveyor (LEC) to move a box between the cabin and the surface. During the mission, Buzz was in the cabin during LEC operations. It seems likely that the 'CDR' sign on the back of Neil's PLSS was added for Mueller's benefit. In a photo of Neil, S69-31108, taken a week earlier on 15 April, he does not have a 'CDR' sign on the back of his PLSS. 22 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (left) gets into position to collect a sample during training while Neil prepares a sample bag. 22 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (left) and Buzz during training in Houston. Note the OPS activator on the left side of Buzz's RCU mockup and the camera bracket on the front. Neil's pressure gauge and Omega watch can be seen on his right forearm. Buzz has a strap-on checklist on the gauntlet of his left glove. Journal Contributor Karl Dodenhoff notes that both Neil and Buzz are wearing protective covers on the front of the suit where we would normally see the various connection ports for oxygen and water. Photo is dated 23 April 1969 but was undoubtedly taken on 22 April 1969 during the "Lunar Timeline Demo for Dr. (George) Mueller". Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz Aldrin (left) and Neil Armstrong prepare to collect a documented sample. Buzz has the gnomon in his right hand and the large scoop in his left. Neil is wearing the EVA Hasselblad and will take pre-sampling photos of the foreground rock once Buzz gets the gnomon in place. During the mission, Neil and Buzz ran out of time before they were able to collect any documented samples. 22 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Close-up of Neil's legs as he steps onto the simulated lunar surface during training. Good detail of the pocket attached to his left thigh with Velcro strips. 22 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (right) and Buzz practice collecting documented samples. Neil appears to be adjusting either the f-stop or focal distance on his chest-mounted Hasselblad. 22 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz practices with the large scoop. Note that he is wearing a saddle bag similar to the ones worn on the Moon by Pete Conrad and Al Bean during Apollo 12. The orange tint of the saddlebag suggests that, like the Apollo 12 examples, it was made of Teflon film. 22 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil appears to be taking a moment of rest during EVA training. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil may be taking a pan in this training photo. During the mission, Neil took a pan from near the ladder at 109:32:26. Scan by Kipp Teague .

Buzz practices deployment of the Passive Seismometer. The LR-Cube, which Neil deployed during the mission, is behind Buzz. Research by Ed Hengeveld. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil holds a weigh bag during EVA training. The bag is made of Teflon film and has rectangular metal frames at top and bottom to give it shape. Research by Ed Hengeveld. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (left) pours a sample from the large scoop into a sample bag. On the Moon, the internal pressure of the suit would have prevented Neil from bending as much at the waist as he is seen doing here. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (left) is holding the big scoop. He also has a pair of tongs, which appear to be tethered at his waist by the yo-yo that was used on the Moon by later crews. Neil (right) takes a documentation photo. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (left) uses the tongs to collect a small rock. Neil (right) has a sample bag ready