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Edwin Aldrin descends the Steps of the Lunar Module Target Name:   Moon Spacecraft:   Apollo 11 Produced by:   NASA Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Cross Reference:   AS11_40_5868 Date Taken:   20 July 1969 Related Document The Moon Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size as11_40_5868.jpg JPEG 634 x 640 76K as11_40_5868.jpg JPEG 1833 x 1849 2M Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot, descends the steps of the Lunar Module (LM) ladder as he prepares to walk on the Moon. He had just egressed the LM. This photograph was taken by astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, with a 70mm lunar surface camera during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA). While Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the LM "Eagle" to explore the Moon, astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit.

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