Buzz Aldrin on the Moon with Components of the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package
Medium
Chromogenic print
Dimensions
Image: 7 1/4 × 7 1/8 in. (18.4 × 18.1 cm) Sheet: 10 in. × 7 15/16 in. (25.4 × 20.2 cm)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon, 2016
Accession Number
2016.796.21
Tags
Art Historical Context
Captured during NASA's Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969, this iconic chromogenic print depicts astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on the lunar surface amid components of the Early Apollo Scientific Package (EASEP Photographed by fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong—the first human to step on the Moon—the image freezes a pivotal moment in human history: humanity's triumphant first steps beyond Earth. Aldrin, his bulky spacesuit, surveys the stark, gray regolith and deployed instruments like the passive seismic experiment and solar wind collector, which gathered groundbreaking data on lunar geology and...
About the Artist
Buzz Aldrin|National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)|Neil Armstrong (American|American|American) · 1930-08-05| |1930-01-20–2012-08-25| |9999
American, Wapakoneta, Ohio 1930–2012 Cincinnati, Ohio| |American, born Glen Ridge, New Jersey 1930