Sinking in

One of Nasa’s most iconic images is amongst the collection. Buzz Aldrin snapped this portrait of Apollo 11’s Neil Armstrong after Armstrong had returned to the lunar module following his historic first steps on the Moon. It was Armstrong who had taken most of the photographs during his and Aldrin’s giant steps, and it is Aldrin who is the subject in most of the images of a space-suited human standing on lunar soil. But Aldrin’s candid snap of Armstrong’s boyish grin and far-away stare capture the personal excitement of this epic quest. (Credit: Nasa/Flickr)