NASA Photo ID: AS11-40-5949        File Name: 10075273.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 07/20/69
Title: Astronaut Edwin Aldrin deploying the EASEP on surface of moon
Description:
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, is photographed 
deploying the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP) during
the  Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on the Moon. Here, he is deploying
the  Passive Seismic Experiments Package (PSEP). Already deployed is the
Laser  Ranging Retro-Reflector (LR-3), which can be seen to the left and
further in  the background. In the center background is the Lunar Module
(LM). A flag of  the United States is deployed near the LM. In the far left
background is the  deployed black and white lunar surface television
camera. Astronaut Neil A.  Armstrong, commander, took this picture with the
70mm lunar surface camera.             
Subject terms:
APOLLO 11                               
APOLLO PROJECT                          
ASTRONAUTS                              
EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY                 
LASER RANGE FINDERS                     
LUNAR MODULE                            
LUNAR PHOTOGRAPHY                       
LUNAR SURFACE                           
PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT                  
PHOTOGRAPHY                             
SEISMOGRAPHS                            
SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS                  

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