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[Apollo 11] COVER OF LIFE: the first U.S. flag standing on the Moon, captured from LM Eagle Buzz Aldrin, 16-24 July 1969 image 1

[Apollo 11] COVER OF LIFE: the first U.S. flag standing on the Moon, captured from LM Eagle Buzz Aldrin, 16-24 July 1969 image 2

[Apollo 11] COVER OF LIFE: the first U.S. flag standing on the Moon, captured from LM Eagle Buzz Aldrin, 16-24 July 1969 image 3

[Apollo 11] COVER OF LIFE: the first U.S. flag standing on the Moon, captured from LM Eagle Buzz Aldrin, 16-24 July 1969 image 4

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[Apollo 11] COVER OF LIFE: the first U.S. flag standing on the Moon, captured from LM Eagle
Buzz Aldrin, 16-24 July 1969

FOR ALL MANKIND: THE ARTISTIC LEGACY OF EARLY SPACE EXPLORATION: Victor Martin-Malburet Collection

14 – 28 April 2025, 12:00 CEST

Paris, Avenue Hoche

€2,000 - €3,000

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[Apollo 11] COVER OF LIFE: the first U.S. flag standing on the Moon, captured from LM Eagle

Buzz Aldrin, 16-24 July 1969

Printed 1969.

Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper [NASA image AS11-37-5545].
Numbered "NASA AS11-37-5545" in red in the top margin, with "A Kodak Paper" watermark on the reverse (issued by NASA Manned Spacecraft Centre, Houston, Texas).

20.3 x 25.4 cm. (8 x 10 in.)

Historical context
This iconic photograph graced the cover of LIFE magazine (ON THE MOON, footprints and photographs by Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin) on August 8, 1969.
Surrounded by footprints left by the first men to walk upon the Moon, the American flag stands on the surface of the Sea of Tranquillity, symbolizing the first conquest of another world by humans. In the background is the deployed B&W lunar surface TV camera which broadcasted the lunar surface extravehicular activity to Earth. The shadow on the right of the flag just below the LM thruster comes from the SWC (Solar Wind Collector) pole.

From the mission transcript during the EVA:

110:17:44 Armstrong: It's a great honour and privilege for us to be here representing not only the United States but men of peace of all nations, and with interests and the curiosity and with the vision for the future. It's an honour for us to be able to participate here today.

Footnotes

Literature
LIFE, 8 August 1969, cover
LIFE, 11 August 1969
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, December 1969, pp. 772-773

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