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Apollo 11 (AS-506) The Eagle Has Landed
The astronauts moved the camera further away from Eagle, transmitting ghostly images as they moved
about, their uncertain steps evolving into a more confident bouncing lope.
The first landing used slow-scan television incompatible with commercial TV, so it was displayed on a
special monitor and a conventional TV camera viewed this monitor, significantly reducing the quality of
the picture. The signal was received at Goldstone in the United States but with better fidelity by Honey-
suckle Creek Tracking Station in Australia. Minutes later the feed was switched to the more sensitive
Parkes radio telescope in Australia. Despite some technical and weather difficulties, ghostly black and
white images of the first lunar EVA were received and broadcast to at least 600 million people on Earth.
Although copies of this video in broadcast format were saved and are widely available, recordings of the
original slow scan source transmission from the lunar surface were accidentally destroyed during routine
magnetic tape re-use at NASA.

Lunar surface flown film fragment
carried to Tranquility Base in the Lunar
Module "Eagle"
July 20th 1969 ·
Neil Armstrong - Buzz Aldrin

The film attached to the above cover was part of the historic flight of Apollo 11. After launch, the film was
placed on the Lunar Module "Eagle" on the 20 July 1969, and accompanied Armstrong and Aldrin to the
surface of the Moon at Tranquillity Base. 107 photographs were taken on this film roll while on the surface
of the Moon. This is confirmed by Richard Underwood, former NASA film department technician.

Did You Kow?
When Buzz Aldrinjoined Armstrong on the surface he had to make sure not to lock the Eagle's door be-
cause there was no outer handle.