[APOLLO 11] ALDRIN DEPLOYING SOLAR WIND EXPERIMENTS. VINTAGE NASA "RED NUMBER" PHOTOGRAPH, 20 JULY 1969.

The Vintage NASA Photo Collection of Philip Kulpa

[APOLLO 11] 

ALDRIN DEPLOYING SOLAR WIND EXPERIMENTS. 20 JULY 1969.

Vintage NASA “Red Number” chromogenic color photograph, 10 by 8 inches, “A Kodak Paper” watermark to verso. NASA image ID “NASA AS11-40-5872” printed in upper left margin in red; manuscript caption to verso in blue ink.

The present image captures Buzz Aldrin deploying solar wind experiments during the Apollo 11 EVA. With the LM present in the background, Aldrin can be seen with the components of the Solar Wind Composition (SWC) experiment in his gloved hands.