a11_v_c_o_AKP (AS11-40-5872)
Buzz Aldrin is deploying the Solar Wind Collector (SWC), a foil sheet which he is pointing at the Sun. Note the word 'SHADE' printed on the bottom of the back side. [much more legible in the Project Apollo Archive photo] The word 'SUN' is printed on the sun-ward side. At the end of the EVA, after leaving the SWC exposed to the Sun for about 1 hour and 17 minutes, Aldrin will roll up the foil and pack it in a bag for analysis back on Earth. Note the considerable clearance between the bottom of the Descent Engine bell and the surface beneath it. Little West Crater is near the horizon on the left-hand side of the image. Note the pattern of scour-like marks running from the MESA toward the lower left that were created by the TV cable as Armstrong took the camera away from the LM on the tripod. His footprints are generally to the right of the cable marks, as he moved sideways out from the LM. Several potentially foot-grabbing loops remain in the cable. The rendezvous radar and various antennas on the top of the ascent stage are labeled in a detail:
www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11det5872.jpg
Each bootprint is about 33 cm long and has a greatest width of 15 cm.
a11_v_c_o_AKP (AS11-40-5872)
Buzz Aldrin is deploying the Solar Wind Collector (SWC), a foil sheet which he is pointing at the Sun. Note the word 'SHADE' printed on the bottom of the back side. [much more legible in the Project Apollo Archive photo] The word 'SUN' is printed on the sun-ward side. At the end of the EVA, after leaving the SWC exposed to the Sun for about 1 hour and 17 minutes, Aldrin will roll up the foil and pack it in a bag for analysis back on Earth. Note the considerable clearance between the bottom of the Descent Engine bell and the surface beneath it. Little West Crater is near the horizon on the left-hand side of the image. Note the pattern of scour-like marks running from the MESA toward the lower left that were created by the TV cable as Armstrong took the camera away from the LM on the tripod. His footprints are generally to the right of the cable marks, as he moved sideways out from the LM. Several potentially foot-grabbing loops remain in the cable. The rendezvous radar and various antennas on the top of the ascent stage are labeled in a detail:
www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11det5872.jpg
Each bootprint is about 33 cm long and has a greatest width of 15 cm.