Aldrin Looks Back at Tranquility Base
NASA (photograph by Neil Armstrong) · 1969
Why it's great
Buzz Aldrin looks back at the landing site, Tranquility Base, in the bright gray landscape of the Moon, with the lunar module Eagle behind him. Neil Armstrong took the photograph in July 1969.
🏛️ Part of history
The Space Race & the Moon Landing (1957–1972) — Buzz Aldrin looks back at the landing site, Tranquility Base, in the bright gray landscape of the Moon, with the lunar module Eagle behind him.
Where to see it
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About the artist
NASA (photograph by Neil Armstrong)1930–2012 · born in Wapakoneta, Ohio · died in Cincinnati
Neil Armstrong, born in 1930 in Ohio, was the commander of Apollo 11 and the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969. Because he carried the camera, most of the famous photographs from the Moon walk show Buzz Aldrin, not him. He died in 2012.
