a11_v_bw_o_n (69-H-390, 108-KSC-69P-116)
“Apollo 11 Astronauts, left-to-right, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., Neil A. Armstrong and Michael Collins, pose in front of full-scale lunar module mock-up similar to the spacecraft that will be carried on their flight to the Moon later this year. While Astronaut Collins pilots the command module in lunar orbit, Aldrin and Armstrong are to descend in the lunar module, perform their lunar surface mission and return to the orbiting command module. The trio will be launched by an Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center.”
The caption associated with a similar photograph (linked to below), and obviously from the same ‘photo op’:
“This portrait of the prime crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission was taken the day after NASA announced the crew assignment. Left to right are Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot; Neil A. Armstrong, commander; and Michael Collins, command module pilot. They were photographed in front of a lunar module mockup beside Building 1 at what is now Johnson Space Center following a press conference at the Center to introduce the crew.
Image Number: S69-16681
Date: January 10, 1969”
Consensus in all photos of this event is that it/they was/were taken the day after the announcement of the Apollo 11 crew. Yet not a mention of such in the caption of the posted photograph, just the usual generic pablum…along with a release date of February 28, 1969. Huh & WTF?
See/read also:
www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-nasa-names-apollo-11-crew
Per Mike Collins: “Amiable Strangers”
His subtle wit, humor & brilliance embodied in the simple, elegant & accurate observation:
www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/amiable-strange...
Credit: Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine website
Finally, the building the LM is in front of; Building 1, the Auditorium and External Relations Office Building. It even has pictures of the LM being prepared for erection AND against the odds, confirms/correctly identifies its history:
a11_v_bw_o_n (69-H-390, 108-KSC-69P-116)
“Apollo 11 Astronauts, left-to-right, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., Neil A. Armstrong and Michael Collins, pose in front of full-scale lunar module mock-up similar to the spacecraft that will be carried on their flight to the Moon later this year. While Astronaut Collins pilots the command module in lunar orbit, Aldrin and Armstrong are to descend in the lunar module, perform their lunar surface mission and return to the orbiting command module. The trio will be launched by an Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center.”
The caption associated with a similar photograph (linked to below), and obviously from the same ‘photo op’:
“This portrait of the prime crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission was taken the day after NASA announced the crew assignment. Left to right are Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot; Neil A. Armstrong, commander; and Michael Collins, command module pilot. They were photographed in front of a lunar module mockup beside Building 1 at what is now Johnson Space Center following a press conference at the Center to introduce the crew.
Image Number: S69-16681
Date: January 10, 1969”
Consensus in all photos of this event is that it/they was/were taken the day after the announcement of the Apollo 11 crew. Yet not a mention of such in the caption of the posted photograph, just the usual generic pablum…along with a release date of February 28, 1969. Huh & WTF?
See/read also:
www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-nasa-names-apollo-11-crew
Per Mike Collins: “Amiable Strangers”
His subtle wit, humor & brilliance embodied in the simple, elegant & accurate observation:
www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/amiable-strange...
Credit: Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine website
Finally, the building the LM is in front of; Building 1, the Auditorium and External Relations Office Building. It even has pictures of the LM being prepared for erection AND against the odds, confirms/correctly identifies its history: