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Iconic 70 mm Hasselblad color film positive from the Apollo 11 mission, 2.75˝ x 2.5˝, which pictures LMP Buzz Aldrin standing on the lunar surface next to the American flag. Deriving from the personal collection of NASA technician Richard Underwood, who worked in the Johnson Space Center’s Photographic Technology Laboratory for over two decades, this early-generation, hand-numbered frame, which was copied from the film that went to the moon, was used in preparation for later generation, machine-numbered film strips for photograph production, including the famed red-numbered versions. The left border is annotated, "AS11-40-5874," indicating that the photograph was from Mission 11, Magazine 40S. In fine condition. The Apollo 11 mission crew carried four 70 mm cameras with them and captured a total of 1,407 images on nine magazines of film (550 in color and 857 in black and white). During their two-and-a-half hours of extravehicular activities, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin gathered samples of surface materials and extensively photographed the lunar surface.
Accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity from Sandy Clarkson of The Right Stuff Space, who attests that this film frame derives from the collection of Richard Underwood, who was responsible for developing the Apollo photographs—in fact, he was the first person to view every photograph from the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz, and the first 23 space shuttle missions.
