Landing Site Chart Signed and Inscribe💛d by LMP Buzz Aldrin and CAPCOM Charles Duke
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[Mare Tranquillitatis.] [Houston]: Manned Spacecraf🌺t Center, 1969. Lithographed lunar chart, 17 x 22 inches, identifier of MSC-6132-69 at the bottom right-hand corner.
SIGNED and INSCRIBED by LMP BUZZ ALDRIN with: “First Lunar Landing, Apollo XI, July 20, 1969, BUZZ ALDRIN, LMP” IN BLUE INK above the landing site which has been marked by Aldrin by an “X.” Additionally SIGNED and INSCRIBED and CHARLES DUKE along the lower margin with: “Roger, Tranquility, 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” in BLUE INK.
AN APOLLO 11 LUNAR LANDING CHART SIGNED A✃ND INSCRIBED BY TWO KEY FIGURES
This Mare Tranquillitatis lunar chart focuses on the area where Neil Armstrong flew Lunar Module Eagle to a safe touchdown. 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. This chart was created primarily for Apollo 11ꦛ mission planning by the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). Elevation contour lines are plotted at 600 foot intervals. 17 by 22 inches.