Close-up View of Astronaut’s Footprint in Lunar Soil

Photograph of close-up of astronaut footprint in lunar soil
July 20, 1969
CreditNASA/JSC
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AS11-40-5878 (20 July 1969) --- A close-up view of an astronaut's bootprint in the lunar soil, photographed with a 70mm lunar surface camera during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the moon. While astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the moon, astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia" in lunar orbit.

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Close-up View of Astronaut’s Footprint in Lunar Soil

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