NASA Photo ID: S69-34882 File Name: 10075221.jpg
Film Type: 35mm BW Date Taken: 05/24/69
Title: Apollo 11 crew on ship during water egress training in Gulf of Mexico
Description:
The prime crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission relaxes on the deck
of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever prior to participating in water egress
training in the Gulf of Mexico. Left to right, are Astronauts Edwin A.
Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot; Neil A. Armstrong, commander; and Michael
Collins, command module pilot. In the background is Apollo Boilerplate
1102 which was used in the training exercise.
Subject terms:
APOLLO 11
APOLLO PROJECT
APOLLO SPACECRAFT
ASTRONAUT TRAINING
ASTRONAUTS
CREWS
EGRESS
EMERGENCIES
GULF OF MEXICO
MOCK-UP
SIMULATION
WATER LANDING
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