MONROE GALLERY CELEBRATES 4OTH ANNIVERSARY OF APOLLO 11

Apollo 11 Roll-Out, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 20, 1969 ©Bill Eppridge

Monroe Gallery of Photography joins everyone in celebrating the 4oth anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission that landed man on the moon. The original audio feed between mission control and the Apollo 11 spacecraft is being streamed on Wechoosethemoon.org, and the NASA Web site, Nasa.gov. On both sites, the 109 hours of audio started on Thursday and will continue until Monday night. Presented here is a brief selection of photographs from the Monroe Gallery archive documenting the Apollo 11 mission.


Apollo 11 lift off, July 16, 1969 Ralph Morse ©Time Inc.

Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. on the lunar surface, 1969 ©NASA

Apollo 11 lunar module ascent from surface of moon, 1969 ©NASA

Edwin E. Aldrin on lunar surface (after stepping out of space craft) July 1969 ©Time Inc/NASA

Just for fun, here is a still from the set of 2001: A Space Odyssey.