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[Apollo 11] The American flag, a large boulder field and the first human footprints on the surface of another world, from the LM Pilot window before liftoff. Buzz Aldrin, 16–24 July 1969. Printed 1969. Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper [NASA image AS11–37-5468, originally shot on color film]. 20.3×25.4 cm (8×10 in), numbered “AS11–37-5468” in bottom margin (NASA / United States Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arizona). The American flag is to the left. A LM thruster is in the right foreground. A large boulder field and craters unexplored by the crew are in the far background. Impressions in the fine Moon dust made by the boots of the two astronauts are clearly visible. “Distances on the lunar surface are deceiving. A large boulder field located north of the LM did not appear to be too far away when viewed from the cockpit. However, on the surface we did not come close to this field, although we traversed about 100 feet toward it. The flag, the television camera, and the experiments, although deployed a reasonable distance away from the LM and deployed according to plan, appeared to be immediately outside the window when viewed from the LM cockpit.” Apollo 11 crew observations (NASA SP-214, p. 38).
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