[APOLLO 11] LM RENDEZVOUS, WITH THE LUNAR SURFACE IN THE BACKGROUND. VINTAGE NASA "RED NUMBER" PHOTOGRAPH, 21 JULY 1969.

The Vintage NASA Photo Collection of Philip Kulpa

[APOLLO 11] 

LM RENDEZVOUS, WITH THE LUNAR SURFACE IN THE BACKGROUND. 21 JULY 1969.

Vintage NASA “Red Number” chromogenic color photograph, 10 by 8 inches, “A Kodak Paper” watermark to verso. NASA image ID “NASA AS11-44-6627” printed in upper left margin in red; minor toning, tape to verso.

The present image depicts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in LM Eagle's ascent stage, captured by Mike Collins from CM Columbia, as they approached for docking some four hours after leaving the Moon's surface. Armstrong and Aldrin had made man's first landing on the Moon just 26 hours earlier.