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“APOLLO 11 TV VIEW ON MOON ----Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong (on right), commander; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, commemorate their historic landing and walk on the moon by implanting the United States flag on the lunar surface. This view is a black and white reproduction taken from a telecast by the Apollo 11 lunar surface camera during extravehicular activity. This picture was made from a televised image received at the Deep Space Network tracking station at Goldstone, California. Astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit while Armstrong and Aldrin explored the moon.”

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Uploaded on December 22, 2018