NASA Photo ID: AS11-40-5942 File Name: 10075271.jpg
Film Type: 70mm Date Taken: 07/20/69
Title: Astronaut Edwin Aldrin prepares to deploy EASEP on surface of moon
Description:
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, moves toward a position
to deploy two components of the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments
Package (EASEP) on the surface of the Moon during the Apollo 11
extravehicular activity. The Passive Seismic Experiments Package (PSEP) is
in his left hand; and in his right hand is the Laser Ranging
Retro-Reflector (LR3). Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this
photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera.
Subject terms:
APOLLO 11
APOLLO PROJECT
ASTRONAUTS
EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY
LUNAR MODULE
LUNAR PHOTOGRAPHY
LUNAR SURFACE
PHOTOGRAPHY
SEISMOGRAPHS
SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS
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