Apollo 11 Image Library

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Last revised 26 March 2008.

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We have begun adding scans of 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. Kipp reduces each digital image to approximately 2350 x 2350 pixels (equivalent to 300 dpi) and does minor adjustments of levels to ensure that (1) brightly lit areas of lunar soil are neutral grey, (2) objects with known colors (such as the CDR stripes or the LCRU blankets) look right, and (3) information in bright or dark areas is 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.

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.

Sections:

• Landing Site Maps/Images
• Assembled Panoramas
• Pre-Flight Suit Images
• Crew and Equipment Pre-Flight
• Vehicle Assembly, Transport, and Checkout on the Launch Pad
• Saturn V Launch
• Mission Support Photos
• Mission Photos by Magazine Number
• Magazine 36/N (Color) Translunar Coast and Lunar Orbit
• Magazine 37/R (Color) Lunar Orbit and Lunar Surface out LM Windows
• Magazine 38/O (Color) Lunar Farside
• Magazine 39/Q (B & W) Lunar Surface out LM Windows
• Magazine 40/S (Color) Lunar Surface
• Magazine 41/P (B & W) Lunar Orbit
• Magazine 42/U (B & W) Lunar Orbit
• Magazine 43/T (B & W) Lunar Orbit
• Magazine 44/V (Color) Lunar Orbit
• Magazine 45/W (Color) Apollo Lunar Surface Closeup Camera
• Recovery and Post-Flight Photos
• Mission Report Figures
• Preliminary Science Report Figures

Apollo 11 Landing Site : Telescopic Images by Ulli and Christian "Pete" Lotzmann

Apollo 11 ESA Smart-1 Image ( 68k )

ESA caption: "This image, taken by the advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESAÕs 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 kilometres from the surface, with a ground resolution of 159 metres per pixel. The imaged area is centred 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 Tranquilitatis. 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)"

This flown map shows the proposed landing ellipse and has three handdrawn, 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.

Jim Scotti has provided a cropped version showing West Crater and the landing site. See the Lunar and Planetary Institute's Lunar orbiter Photo Gallery forthe full frame. 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.

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 ans 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 Alan 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 assoicated 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 East Crater (also known as 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.

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.

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 has created an overlay of his Apollo 11 traverse diagram on a baseball diamond; based on a suggestion by Eric Jones.

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

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 East 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.

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 5437 has been rotated counter clockwise so that east to the right. Flown CMP Map LAM-2 has been used to transfer the ellipse onto 5437; 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. 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.

104:02:26 Post-landing Color Combined Window Pan ( 279k )

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.

These are the color frames taken out Neil's window. Assembled by Karl Dodenhoff.

These are the color frames taken out Buzz's window. Assembled by Karl Dodenhoff.

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 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.

David Harland has used high-resolution scans from the original film of 5852 to 5854 to create a mini-pan of the double crater ( 2.0Mb ) below Neil's window.

After finishing his initial pan, Neil stepped away from the ladder and took three frames toward the south. The frames AS11-40-5859 to 5861. Assembly by Dave Byrne.

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.

Ed Hengeveld has used portions of 5863 to 69 to create this view of Buzz on the porch. Neil did not capture the top rear of the LM with these pictures and Ed has filled the gap with a portion of AS11-44-6576, which was taken in orbit after undocking.

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. 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.

Mauro Freschi ( 0.3Mb ) and David Harland ( 2.9Mb ) have done assemblies of the portion showing Neil at the MESA.

David Harland has created a portrait of the double crater ( 3.0Mb ) using frame 5888 to 5891.

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. 110:43:33 Plus-Y LM Pan ( 1.6 Mb or 0.4 Mb )

Buzz took this pan from a spot north of the LM. The frames are AS11-40- 5905 to 5916. Assembly by Dave Byrne.

David Harland has created a portrait of the LM ( 3.4Mb ) using frame 5914 to 5916.

Erik van Meijgaarden has created an alternate LM portrait ( 7.5Mb ) using frame 5913 to 5916.

The frames are AS11-40-5928 and 5929. Assembly by Erik van Meijgaarden.

David Harland has created an alternate version that includes 5927 ( 2.0Mb ).

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 Erik van Meijgaarden.

Hans Nyberg has created an alternate version in QuickTime wrap-around format ( 1.3 Mb ).

David Harland has combined 5930 to 32 in a mini-pan of Buzz at the SEQ Bay ( 3.4Mb ).

Neil took this partial pan on the rim of East Crater, so named because it 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 Dave Byrne.

Erik van Meijgaarden provides a seamless 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.

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.

S69-38930 ( 885k )

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. 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 by Eric Jones.

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.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.

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 Weaklandm 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.

S64-23846 ( 910k )

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 moonlanding; 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 - A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration, 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, 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. 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. Photo taken at the National Air and Space Museum in August 2004 by Ulrich Lotzmann.

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 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 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.

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

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, which is showing a time of 1:07. 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 knurdled 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 carabiner attached to the weigh bag hooked onto the opening of his right, front pocket. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz may be taking a panarama. 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 courtesyNASA Johson.

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 courtesyNASA Johson.

Neil and Buzz at Sierra Blanca. 24 February 1969. Scan courtesyNASA Johson.

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

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. The training session may have actually been on 15 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 by Kipp Teague.

Neil uses the large scoop. Photo filed 18 April 1969. The training session may have actually been on 15 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. 15 April 1969. Photo dated 18 April 1969. The training session may have actually been on 15 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 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. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

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

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

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

Neil collects the contingency sample during training, as he did during the mission at 109:33:30. Probably 15 April 1969. 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. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

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

Neil with a camera mounted on his RCU bracket. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has both hands down. The person hidden beyond him seems to be adjusting the camera lens. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil carrying the deployable S-band antenna during training. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil prepares to deploy S-band antenna. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has one of the three telescoping legs and the transmitting element extended. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has the S-Band antenna fully deployed. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil at the MESA. He has opened the thermal blankets. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 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 carabiner at the bottom of the strap. Note, also, the checklist fastened to Buzz's left gauntlet. Probably 15 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 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. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

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

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

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

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

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

Close-up side view of Neil wearing a camera on his RCU camera bracket. Good detail of his LEVA tabs. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 April 1969. Research by J.L. Pickering. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

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

Buzz during suited training. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

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

Buzz continues a plus-Y during training. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

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

Buzz prepares to remove the seismometer from the Scientific Equipment (SEQ) Bay. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy 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. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Neil (left) and Buzz practise collecting documented samples. Niel 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. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz (right) uses the tongs to collect a small rock while Neil holds open an individual sample bag. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

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

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

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

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

Neil (left) holds an individual sample bag containing a small quantity of soil. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

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

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

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

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

Neil (right) and Buzz at the MESA. The Equipment Transfer Bag is hanging from the near corner of the MESA. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 April 1969. A detail ( 126k ) zooms in on the container. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil (foreground) packs the rock box. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

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

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

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

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

Neil appears to be discussing the camera transfer with someone off-camera to the right. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

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

Similar to 31148. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Based on the evidence of 31151, Neil is releasing a restraining ring that holds the umbrella and other components tightly closed. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

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

Neil raises the transmitter mast of the deployable S-Band antenna. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

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

Neil has raised one of the telescoping legs. Once all three are in position, he can lift the antenna and they will rotate down into position. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has all three legs deployed with the rest of the structure off the ground and supported by the legs. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has raised the S-Band antenna higher, bringing the legs inward in the process. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Similar to 31156. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil may now have the antenna raised to full height. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil may be removing a restraint that has kept the antenna's umbrella from opening. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

The restraint Neil just released has slid down the righthand leg and can be seen wrapped around the bottom on the leg at the lower right. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil has a cord in his right hand that is attached to another cord which is wrapped around the antenna umbrella. when he pulls the cord, the umbrella will be freed and can spring open. Probably 15 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 ). Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

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

Neil at the MESA with the S-Band cable. NOte that his Hasselblad does appear to be mounted to an RCU mock-up. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil at the S-Band antenna. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

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

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

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

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

Buzz in the foreground. Note that his RCU does not have a caera bracket of front. In the background, Neil has placed the TV on it's tripod. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 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 lanyard and carabiner hanging down from beneath his RCU. Other photos show that this was to be used to secure the Hasselblad camera with Buzz had it. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

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

Buzz with the SWC staff pushed into the surface. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy 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. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

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

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

Motion blurred photo of Neil with the S-Band antenna. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Neil practices alignment of the S-Band antenna. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

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

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

Neil (foreground) is pulling a rock box out of the MESA. Buzz is in the background. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 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 photgraphic tasks with the person to his left. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 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? Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

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

Neil appears to have collected another 'soil sample'. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

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

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

Neil closees the rockbox. Buzz is in the background near the SWC. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz is in the foreground, perhpas watching Neil latching the rockbox. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 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 RetroReflectometer (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. 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. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

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

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

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

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

Buzz (right) works with the rockbox while Neil watches. Probably 15 April 1969. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Buzz has removed a core stem from the rockbox and has attached it to an extension handle. Probably 15 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 phtographer and bending is right knee. Note the spare Hasselblad hanging at Neil's right by a lanyard from the porch. Probably 15 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 centrifugre. 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. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 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. Probably 15 April 1969. Photo filed 18 April 1969. Scan by Kipp Teague.