a11_v_bw_o_n (original press photo, Armstrong's first steps, TV image)

"Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, walks slowly away from the lunar module to explore the surface of the moon.

 

July 20, 1969"

 

7" x 9".

 

The long, rectangular metallic object, parallel to the landing strut & obscuring most of the rungs on the ladder, is the Flag Carrier Stowage Assembly.

 

See:

 

airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/lunar-module-flag-c...

Credit: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum website

 

www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/alsj-usflag.html

 

Specifically:

 

www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/mccraw.gif

Credit: ALSJ website/NASA

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