APOLLO 11. VINTAGE NASA "RED NUMBER" PHOTOGRAPH OF EAGLE'S RETURN FROM THE LUNAR SURFACE, SIGNED BY BUZZ ALDRIN

VINTAGE NASA “RED NUMBER” PHOTOGRAPH OF EAGLE’S RETURN FROM THE LUNAR SURFACE

MICHAEL COLLINS TAKES THIS IMAGE WITH EARTHRISE IN THE BACKGROUND

Vintage “NASA Red Number” color photograph, 8 by 10 inches with “A Kodak Paper” watermark on verso. The identification number “NASA AS11-44-6642” is printed in red near the upper left corner. A full frame Hasselblad photograph 7 inches square in size.

SIGNED by BUZZ ALDRIN

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in Lunar Module Eagle’s ascent stage approach Michael Collins in Command/Service Module Columbia for docking some 4 hours after leaving the Moon’s surface. Armstrong and Aldrin had just made Man’s first landing on the Moon just 26 hours earlier and explored the surface for nearly 2 and ½ hours.