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Buzz Aldrin Deploys Apollo 11 Experiments

Adler Planetarium

Adler Planetarium
Chicago, United States

Astronaut and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin moves toward a position to deploy two components of the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP) on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. The Passive Seismic Experiments Package (PSEP) is in his left hand; and in his right hand is the Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector (LR3). Mission commander Neil Armstrong took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera.

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  • Title: Buzz Aldrin Deploys Apollo 11 Experiments
  • Type: photograph
  • Rights: Courtesy of NASA
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