NASA Photo ID: AS11-40-5964 File Name: 10075275.jpg
Film Type: 70mm Date Taken: 07/20/69
Title: Astronaut Edwin Aldrin deploying Solar Wind Composition experiment
Description:
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, is photographed during
the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on the Moon. Astronaut Neil A.
Armstrong, commander, took this picture with a 70mm lunar surface camera.
Aldrin has just deployed the Solar Wind Composition experiment, a
component of the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP).
Subject terms:
ACTIVITY
APOLLO 11
APOLLO PROJECT
ASTRONAUTS
EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY
EXTRAVEHICULAR MOBILITY UNITS
LUNAR PHOTOGRAPHY
LUNAR SOIL
LUNAR SURFACE
MOON
PHOTOGRAPHY
SOLAR WIND
SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS
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