Snapshots of history: six photographs of the Apollo 11 Moon landing including Buzz Aldrin and the American flag; descending the lunar module; footpring on the lunar surface; unfurling the solar wind experiment, July 16-24, 1969

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Lot 184 | Snapshots of history: six photographs of the Apollo 11 Moon landing including Buzz Aldrin and the American flag; descending the lunar module; footpring on the lunar surface; unfurling the solar wind experiment, July 16-24, 1969
i. First photograph of a man standing on the surface of another world, July 16-24, 1969
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 12.7 x 12.7cm (5 x 5in), with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso [photograph corresponds to NASA number AS11-40-5872]

ii. Buzz Aldrin's boot leaving a lunar footprint, July 16-24, 1969
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 12.7 x 12.7cm (5 x 5in), with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso [photograph corresponds to NASA number AS11-40-5880]

iii. Buzz Aldrin setting up scientific equipment approximately 25m (82 feet) from the lunar module "Eagle", July 16-24, 1969
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 12.7 x 12.7cm (5 x 5in), with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso

iv. Buzz Aldrin jumping down to the footpad of the lunar module "Eagle", July 16-24, 1969
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 12.7 x 12.7cm (5 x 5in), with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso [Photograph corresponds to NASA number AS11- 40-5868]

v. Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon, July 16-24, 1969
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 12.7 x 12.7cm (5 x 5in), with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso [Photograph corresponds to NASA number AS11-40-5902]

vi. Buzz Aldrin and the American flag on the Sea of Tranquillity [Square], July 16-24, 1969
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 12.7 x 12.7cm (5 x 5in), with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso [Photograph corresponds to NASA number AS11-40-5875]
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