[APOLLO 11]. LM ASCENT MONITORING CHART, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY BUZZ ALDRIN

THE APOLLO 11 LM ASCENT MONITORING CHART

WITH AN EXTENSIVE INSCRIPTION BY BUZZ ALDRIN

LM Ascent Monitoring Chart - Sheet 3 B, 16 July 1969 Launch Date - Landing Site No. 2. First edition, 35 3/4 by 12 1/2 inches, scale 1: 630,000 at the Equator. Prepared under the direction of the Department of Defense by the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center for NASA. 

SIGNED and INSCRIBED by BUZZ ALDRIN: '"NUMBER 1 | ON THE RUNWAY" | BUZZ ALDRIN | APOLLO XI LMP'

The present lithographic chart was printed for use by astronauts, as well as the mission director and mission control. Plotting the planned flight path of Lunar Module Eagle after liftoff from the lunar surface, the chart illustrates one of the most important objective of the Apollo 11 mission—the safe return of the crew from the Moon.