NASA Photo ID: S69-32248           File Name: 10075217.jpg
Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 04/22/69
Title: Apollo 11 cremembers participates in simulation of moon's surface
Description:
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit, 
simulates deploying the Solar Wind Composition (SWC) experiment on the 
surface of the moon during a training exercise in bldg 9 on April 22, 1969. 
The SWC is a component of the Early Apollo Scientific Experiment Package 
(EASEP). Aldrin is the lunar module pilot of the Apollo 11 lunar landing 
mission (32247); Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, wearing an EMU, participates 
in a simulation of deploying and using lunar tools on the surface of the 
moon during a training exercise in bldg 9. Armstrong is the commander of
the  Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. His is using a scoop to place the
sample  into a bag. On the right is a Lunar Module mock-up (32248).            

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