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THE LANDING SITE – [Mare Tranquilitatis. Manned Spacecraft Center, spring 1969.]
“CONTACT LIGHT.” The landing site for Eagle in the Sea of Tranquility inscribed with man's first words from the Moon and CapCom Charlie Duke’s first reply to the Moon.
A lunar chart of the Sea of Tranquility SIGNED and INSCRIBED by both Buzz ALDRIN and Charles DUKE. Aldrin has marked the landing site with an “X” and inscribed “‘CONTACT LIGHT’ First Words from the Lunar Surface / Buzz Aldrin Apollo XI.” Duke has written in the lower margin: “Roger, Tranquillity, We copy you on the ground. You’ve got a bunch of guys about to turn blue! We’re breathing again. Thanks a lot! Charles M. Duke, Jr. Apollo 11 CAPCOM.”
Lunar chart, 17 by 22 inches. MSC-6132-69.
“CONTACT LIGHT.” The landing site for Eagle in the Sea of Tranquility inscribed with man's first words from the Moon and CapCom Charlie Duke’s first reply to the Moon.
A lunar chart of the Sea of Tranquility SIGNED and INSCRIBED by both Buzz ALDRIN and Charles DUKE. Aldrin has marked the landing site with an “X” and inscribed “‘CONTACT LIGHT’ First Words from the Lunar Surface / Buzz Aldrin Apollo XI.” Duke has written in the lower margin: “Roger, Tranquillity, We copy you on the ground. You’ve got a bunch of guys about to turn blue! We’re breathing again. Thanks a lot! Charles M. Duke, Jr. Apollo 11 CAPCOM.”
Lunar chart, 17 by 22 inches. MSC-6132-69.
Further details
Lunar East longitude is marked in degrees from 10 to 27 along the bottom and latitude is marked from 0 to 6 degrees North and South. Mission planners created this internal Manned Spacecraft Center chart a few months before the flight in 1969. Elevation contour lines are plotted at 600 foot intervals.
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