[Apollo 11]

Originally from the personal collection of Dr. George E. Mueller (1918-2015).

A SET OF NASA PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE HISTORIC MOON LANDING, ORIGINALLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF “THE MAN WHO PUT MEN ON THE MOON.” 

The present lot features 16 images from the historic Moon landing by Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969 and four pages of NASA press releases detailing the NASA numbering and details.

The press releases relate to the following images: 

• AS11-40-5903: LMP Buzz Aldrin walking near the Lunar Module Eagle during an EVA. This photograph was captured by Commander Neil Armstrong. 
• S-69-40308: The United States flag is deployed on the lunar surface. Armstrong is on the left and Aldrin is on the right. The photo was taken from the data acquisition camera mounted on the lunar module. 
• AS11-40-5868: LMP Buzz Aldrin descends the steps of the Eagle in preparation to walk on the Moon, captured by Commander Neil Armstrong from the lunar surface. 
• AS11-40-5902: Aldrin walks on the lunar surface near a leg of the Lunar Module. Footprints can be seen in the foreground on the lunar surface. This picture was taken by Armstrong.
• AS11-40-5875: Aldrin poses beside the deployed United States flag. The lunar module is to his left. Footprints are clearly visible on the surface.
• AS11-40-5949: The deployment of the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package, photographed by Armstrong. In the shot, Aldrin is setting up the Passive Seismic Experiments Package (PSEP). The Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector (LR-3), which is to the left and further back in the photograph. The lunar module, the deployed US flag, and the black and white lunar surface television camera are also visible in the background. 
• AS11-37-5475: The Apollo 11 lunar module’s silhouette is visible through its shadow on the lunar surface. This image was taken inside the LM. Footprints from humanity’s historic first walk on the Moon are visible.
• AS11-37-5505: A photograph of the distinct impressions left in the lunar soil by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s historic first walk on the Moon. 
• AS-11-37-5545: The United States flag deployed on the Moon, viewed from inside the lunar module. The footprints of Armstrong and Aldrin’s historic walk on the lunar surface are clearly visible, and the black and white lunar surface television camera is visible in the far background. 
• AS11-37-5551: Two EASEP components are seen deployed in this view from inside the LM. The Passive Seismic Experiments Package is in the far background and the Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector is closer to the camera. 
• AS11-36-5355: Most of Africa and some of Europe and Asia are visible in this image taken during Apollo 11’s translunar coast towards the Moon. At the time of the photo, the spacecraft was already approximately 98,000 nautical miles from Earth. 
• AS11-37-5427: This photograph captures the approach to Apollo Landing Site 2, taken from inside the LM while in lunar orbit. The LM was still docked to the Command and Service Module when this photograph was taken. Site 2 is central in the shot, near the edge of darkness. The Maskelyne Crater is the large crater at the lower right. Hypatia Rille is to the upper left of center, with the Moltke crater to the Northern right of it. Sidewinder Rille and Diamondback Rille are visible extending from left to right across the center. 
• AS11-37-5458: The view from the right-hand window of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module. The surface of the Moon in the vicinity of where the Eagle touched down is visible, as are several small rocks and craters between the spacecraft and the lunar horizon.
• AS11-37-5528: Photograph of Neil Armstrong inside the lunar module while on the lunar surface. Armstrong and Aldrin had already completed their moonwalk before this photograph.