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A Trip Into Space Earth Moon The Apollo 11 Mission - First Human Landing The Moon - Astronaut Unloading The Experiments Package On The The Moon | |
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Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Aldrin is shown unloading the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP) from the lunar module equipment bay. The white apparatus in the foreground is the 35 mm stereo close-up camera. Behind the right leg of the lunar module is the solar wind experiment, and beyond that the lunar surface TV camera. (Apollo 11, AS11-40-5931
Last Update: 2004-Nov-27