NASA Photo ID: AS11-44-6634        File Name: 10075284.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 07/21/69
Title: Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage photographed from Command Module
Description:
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage, with Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong 
and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. aboard, is photographed from the Command and
Service  Modules in lunar orbit. This view is looking west with the earth 
rising above the lunar horizon. Astronaut Michael Collins, command module 
pilot, remained with the Command/Service Module in lunar orbit while 
Armstrong and Aldrin explored the Moon. The Lunar Module is approaching
from  below. The mare area in the background is Smyth's Sea. At right
center is  International Astronomical Union crater no. 189.              

Subject terms:
APOLLO 11                               
APOLLO PROJECT                          
CRATERS                                 
EARTH (PLANET)                          
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
HORIZON                                 
LUNAR MODULE                            
LUNAR MODULE ASCENT STAGE               
LUNAR ORBITS                            
LUNAR SURFACE                           
PHOTOGRAPHY                             

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