# Astronaut Edwin Aldrin descends the Lunar Module ladder, AS11-40-5868 (21037483754)

- By: Neil A. Armstrong
- Date: 1969-07-20
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: Project Apollo Archive, AS11-40-5868, latest version
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Apollo 11 Hasselblad image from film magazine 40/S - EVA

The NASA Special Publication 246, Lunar Photographs from Apollos 8, 10, and 11 (1971) has the following caption for this photo:

Astronaut Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Jr., descends the ladder of the lunar module to the lunar surface for the first time.

This photo was used in Figure 1-24 in the Apollo 11 Preliminary Science Report (NASA SP-214), 1969, which has the following caption:

Astronaut Aldrin descends the ladder to the lunar surface. (NASA AS11-40-5868) Aldrin was the Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 11. Neil Armstrong, who took the photo, was the Apollo 11 commander. Adrin was the second person to walk on the moon, Armstrong being the first.