The Moon Landing at 42
Wednesday, 20 July 2011, 1837
Wednesday, 20 July 2011, 1837
"I'll step out and take some of my first pictures here."
— Neil Armstrong (CDR)
— Neil Armstrong (CDR)
Apollo 11 — 21 July 1969 0302:53 UTC
Fifty-six seconds after informing Captain Bruce McCandless II (CAPCOM) of his intent to take humanity's first photographs on the lunar surface during extravehicular activity, Neil Armstrong adjusted the settings on his 70mm Hasselblad—loaded with Kodak Ektachrome SO168 160ASA color film, Magazine 40/S—and snapped a series of photos for a panorama starting with this one. The result is AS11-40-5850 "Lunar Surface with Lunar Module Strut" shot by Armstrong just west of the Lunar Module ladder looking east-southeast.
You can watch video of this sequence, learn more about Apollo 11 photography and panoramas, browse the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal including the entire mission image library and read the official transcripts.
Original Photo Credit: NASA/Neil Armstrong/JSC
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