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Neil Armstrong

Buzz Aldrin prior to becoming second human being to set foot upon the Moon

Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969, 109:42:42 GET

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with red NASA MSC caption numbered “AS11-40-5868” and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso.
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
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Leaving the ninth step of the ladder, Aldrin jumps down to the Moon.

“On Earth his weight, including the spacesuit and mechanism-filled portable life-support system, would have totaled 360 lbs., but here the gross came only to a bouncy 60 lbs” (NASA SP-350, p. 11.4).

109:42:28 Armstrong: You’ve got three more steps and then a long one.
109:42:42 Aldrin: Okay. I’m going to leave that one foot up there and both hands down to about the fourth rung up.

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