Apollo 11 - Astronaut Edwin Aldrin Begins Ladder Descent

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Apollo 11 - Astronaut Edwin Aldrin Begins Ladder Descent

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Eric Glaser

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Photograph - Digital Photography

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"Apollo 11 - Astronaut Edwin Aldrin Begins Ladder Descent "

NASA ID: as11-40-5866
Date Created: 1969-07-20

From the Apollo 11 Image Library: "Buzz is jumping down to the top rung of the ladder and hasn't quite landed on it. He is gripping the handrail with both hands and, rather than walk down the ladder, he is hopping down. In a detail we can see the feedwater controls on the righthand corner of the bottom of Buzz's PLSS. In a second detail the LEC strap and hooks are labeled along with the strap and hooks of the waist tether Buzz has just attched to the porch rail. In the full photo, the MESA is immediately beyond the lower rungs of the ladder. John Sarkissian has spotted the TV lens peeking out from under the MESA blanket in an enhanced detail. Compare with training photo S69-31060. Vlad Pustynski notes that the bright boulder visible just above the MESA and just to the right of the inside edge of the north strut can also be seen in 5903."

Astronaut Edwin E Aldrin Jr, Lunar Module (LM) pilot descends from the LM, climbing down the ladder. Lunar horizon visible in background. Image taken at Tranquility Base during the Apollo 11 Mission. Original film magazine was labeled S. Film Type: Ektachrome EF SO168 color film on a 2.7-mil Estar polyester base taken with a 60mm lens. Sun angle is Medium. Tilt direction is Northeast (NE).

Image enhanced by Eric Glaser

Image and Text Credit: NASA

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June 20th, 2019

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