Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin poses with the US flag planted on the Sea of Tranquility. If you look closely, you can see Aldrin’s face through his helmet visor.
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The view of Earth from the surface of the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission.
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Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin stands on the lunar surface.
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Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin climbs down the ladder of the Eagle to the Moon’s surface to join Neil Armstrong.
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Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt, the only Apollo astronaut who was also a professional scientist, stands next to the U.S. flag with Earth in the background.
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The Apollo 17 lunar module from the perspective of the command module during a docking manoeuvre. The cloud of debris may consist of ice crystals.
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Astronaut Dave Scott pokes his head out of the Apollo 9 command module while it orbits Earth.
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Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong in the lunar module shortly after taking the first steps on the moon’s surface.
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Night on Earth as seen from the Moon.
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Astronaut James B. Irwin with Apollo 15’s Lunar Roving Vehicle.
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The first footprints on the Moon belong to Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong and will remain for millions of years.
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Gene Cernan, the commander of Apollo 17, walks on the lunar surface near the Van Serg crater.
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Earth, partially obscured in shadow, behind Apollo 14’s lunar module.
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Rusty Schweichart holds a 70-millimetre Hassleblad camera during the Apollo 9 mission.
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The boundary separating night and day, called a 'terminator', crosses the East African coastline.
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Apollo 16 astronaut John Young, along with Charles Duke, set up the first lunar surface cosmic ray detector.
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An Apollo 17 astronaut takes a sample of a rock on the Moon.
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An Apollo 15 astronaut walks next to tracks left by the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Apollo 15 was the first Apollo mission that packed a “moon buggy.”
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The surface of the moon.
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The Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Apollo 17 mission travelled about 22 miles in four and a half hours collecting data about the surface of the Moon.
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NASA designed the Lunar Roving Vehicle to operate in low gravity and allow the astronauts to traverse more ground during their short time on the Moon’s surface.
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Astronaut Alan L. Bean was the Lunar Module pilot for the Apollo 12 mission. In this photo he is seen holding a container full of lunar soil. Astronaut Charles 'Pete' Conrad Jr. took this picture and is reflected in the helmet visor.
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Alan Shepard mans a TV camera during Apollo 14. He was the first astronaut to hit a golf ball on the Moon.
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Earth seen from the Moon.
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Astronaut Charles Duke collecting samples during the Apollo 16 mission. He and John Young were the fifth lunar landing team and collected over 200 pounds of rock samples.
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An Apollo astronaut on a spacewalk, photographed from inside the lunar module.
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Apollo 17’s lunar module, Challenger, taken from the command module during its ascent stage in lunar orbit.
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Apollo 7 lunar module pilot Walter Cunningham shuts his eyes to avoid the sun’s glare.
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Earth seen from Apollo 13.
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A view of the Moon after leaving lunar orbit.
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An astronaut on a spacewalk with the Moon in the background.
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Looking back at Earth from Apollo 11.
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