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1961
Buzz Aldrin and the U.S. flag on the Moon
[Sea of tranquility, Lunar surface-05/25/1961]
Title: Buzz Aldrin and the U.S. flag on the Moon
Dated: 05/25/1961
Full Description
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag during an Apollo 11 Extravehicular Activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. The Lunar Module (LM) is on the left, and the footprints of the astronauts are clearly visible in the soil of the Moon. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this picture with a 70mm Hasselblad lunar surface camera. While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the LM, the "Eagle", to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the Moon, astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia" in lunar-orbit.
Subject Category
Astronauts, Apollo 11
Image info. and Reference Numbers
Center: HQ Center Number: AS11-40-5875
GRIN Database Number: GPN-2001-00001
NASA Center:Headquarters
Image #: 70-H-1075
1989
Tiananmen Square
[China, 1989]
Title
Tiananmen Square
By Stuart Franklin
Full Description
Probably the most famous image from the student uprising in China in 1989, this photograph shows a single person blocking the tanks that were emerging on the square. The man survived but shortly after the square was filled with innocent blood.
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