James A. Lovell, Jr.
Mission: Gemini-Titan XII — Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin performs extravehicular activities in preparation for his later being the pilot for the lunar module's first landing on the moon

Mission: Gemini-Titan XII — Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin performs extravehicular activities in preparation for his later being the pilot for the lunar module's first landing on the moon

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Mission: Gemini-Titan XII — Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin performs extravehicular activities in preparation for his later being the pilot for the lunar module's first landing on the moon
PrinterAmerican, born 1953
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Mission: Gemini-Titan XII — Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin performs extravehicular activities in preparation for his later being the pilot for the lunar module's first landing on the moon
  • from the portfolio NASA: A Quarter Century of Space Exploration
DateNovember 11–15, 1966, printed 1991
PlaceUnited States
MediumDye imbibition print
Dimensionsimage: 16 × 16 inches (40.6 × 40.6 cm)
mat: 20 × 20 inches (50.8 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number93.199.6
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Robert Mann Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1993.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Moon: "Houston, Tranquility Base Here. The Eagle Has Landed", Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Brown Foundation Galleries, September 27, 2009 - January 10, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Inscribed in black ink, lower left corner below image: "29/1000", lower right corner below image: "# 6"

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