The first photo taken on the surface by Apollo 11

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The first photo taken on the surface by Apollo 11

LJK — 7/20/2006 7:22:27 PM (archived)

And by this I mean an astronaut (Armstrong) and not the camera that
took his descent image or the ones in the LM is this:

Apollo image AS11-40-5850

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a11/as11-40-5850.jpg

I think it sums up humanity and its conquests perfectly. And I do not mean
this in just a cynical way.

As long as we remain human, we will take our baggage with us. Plus on a
technical level, all good first landing missions to other worlds imaged their
footpads on the surface first. So this image is ideal on mutiple levels.

The whole thread (32 posts)

37 years ago.... - Raoul - 7/19/2006 6:13:08 PM
- Flight-team's 11 minute audio of descent and landing - Daniel - 7/20/2006 3:03:08 PM
  - re: I've got all the DVD's! - Raoul - 7/20/2006 5:51:50 PM
    - you must be the Belgium Central of international spaceniks - Daniel - 7/20/2006 6:31:40 PM
      - re: Apollo flights - Raoul - 7/20/2006 7:00:12 PM
- Armstrong did get his pilot's license before his driver's license at 16 - LJK - 7/19/2006 7:22:01 PM
  - re: Armstrong would not have made the difference - Raoul - 7/19/2006 7:40:48 PM
    - What Ayn Rand had to say about Apollo 11 - LJK - 7/20/2006 3:27:32 PM
      - Yes... the Collective efforts of over 100,000 people - Adam - 7/23/2006 11:29:19 PM
      - re: What Ayn Rand had to say about Apollo 11 - Robert - 7/20/2006 4:30:50 PM
        
        Not an accurate representation of the idea - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2006 5:33:26 PM
        
        re: Not an accurate representation of the idea - Robert - 7/20/2006 5:50:11 PM
- The World STOPPED - carl - 7/19/2006 6:30:52 PM
  - I know I'll never forget that day. (n/t) - ER - 7/19/2006 8:10:09 PM
    - Wide Awake in the Sea of Tranquillity - ljk - 7/20/2006 4:20:34 AM
      - re: Same for Apollo 12 and 14 - Raoul - 7/20/2006 5:54:28 AM
        
        The BBC take on Apollo - LJK - 7/20/2006 1:19:25 PM
        
        Another relevant anniversary - LJK - 7/20/2006 3:01:27 PM
        
        The first photo taken on the surface by Apollo 11 - LJK - 7/20/2006 7:22:27 PM
        
        Sorry, you're wrong. - Daniel - 7/20/2006 8:02:30 PM
        
        Sorry, YOU'RE wrong - LJK - 7/20/2006 8:13:43 PM
        
        OK, even if I misread you: - Daniel - 7/20/2006 8:42:52 PM
        
        re: OK, even if I misread you: - LJK - 7/20/2006 9:00:20 PM
        
        OK - Daniel - 7/20/2006 9:18:33 PM
        
        re: Sorry, you're both right:-) (n/t) - Raoul - 7/20/2006 8:23:47 PM
        
        The Earth-bound icon of Apollo 11 and much of the early US Space Program - LJK - 7/20/2006 9:40:52 PM
        
        re: The Earth-bound icon of Apollo 11 and much of the early US Space Program - Raoul - 7/20/2006 10:39:12 PM
        
        SMART-1 birthday postcard of Apollo 11 landing site - LJK - 7/21/2006 7:25:00 PM
        
        Apollo 11 program for those in the UK on July 24, 2006 - ljk - 7/23/2006 5:58:02 AM
        
        re: Apollo 11 program for those in the UK on July 24, 2006 - Delbert - 7/24/2006 3:11:24 PM
        
        re: Channel 5? - Raoul - 7/23/2006 7:47:05 AM
        
        Judging from this story - LJK - 7/25/2006 2:32:17 PM

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