The famous video footage of Armstrong descending the ladder and stepping onto the surface of the Moon was transmitted from a small B&W TV camera. This was fixed to a section of the Lunar Module, and when Armstrong backed out of the LM hatch and was at the top of the ladder, he pulled a line which released this section. It swung down and set the camera into the correct position.
The colour stills showing an astronaut coming down the ladder were taken by Armstrong and show Edwin Aldrin, who came out after Armstrong.
There was also a 16mm movie camera fixed to a bracket inside the LM, pointing out of one of the windows. It took colour film at 1 frame per second and shows the activities of both Armstrong and Aldrin, though the quality is not as high as the 70mm stills.
As Armstrong had the main 70mm Hasselblad camera fixed on the front of his spacesuit for most of the EVA, practically all the photos taken on the surface were by him. However, near the end of the EVA, he passed the camera to Aldrin, who took a series of photos to make a panorama, as intended in the flight plan. These photos include the only full-frame 70mm images of Armstrong on the Moon.
2006-12-10 14:14:11
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answered by Questor 4
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Buzz Aldrin was the one holding the camera while shooting the video from inside the module. It was Neil who set foot on moon first.
The famous picture of an astronaut climbing down the space craft ladder onto moon, is of Buzz Aldrin...not Neil Armstrong. Neil had already set foot on moon to take that picture of Buzz. The only pictures of Neil setting foot on moon were the ones taken from the cockpit by Buzz.
2006-12-10 16:10:07
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answered by Trivi 3
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Neil Armstrong, even as an American hero, has a touch slanted view on NASA and the yankee area software. thus, although I ensue to almost continuously trust him. this is too quickly to position self belief in inner most organisation to get human beings to orbit, right now. The President replaced into probably incorrect in this call. The Constellation software replaced right into a good center highway answer to save us in area for an extra decade, or so even as inner most organizations strengthen their launch technologies. PAMCARTER: What? Neil Armstrong is alive and correctly, at 80 years previous. he's not "over one hundred". the position did you get that techniques? somewhat a number of the Apollo adult males are nonetheless with us.
2016-11-30 10:12:51
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answered by Anonymous
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The camera was attached to the Apollo XI LEM (Lunar Excursion Module)...they opened a door that deployed the camera before Armstrong stepped down.
2006-12-10 14:01:12
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answered by blktiger@pacbell.net 6
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"Buzz" Aldrin held the camera, and filmed Neil through the Lunar Module window at first.
2006-12-10 13:59:19
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answered by oceansoflight777 5
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Damn!
He figured it out.
All those millions and millions of dollars to produce this elaborate hoax....and we didn't think about who was going to hold the camera.
Guess they're on to us now...might as well come clean.
OK, we admit it. The whole space program has been a sham. We've been using all that money to throw really really big office holiday parties. Well, that and we all drive Rolls Royces too...even our janitors.
Please don't make us give the money back...m'kay?
2006-12-10 14:04:02
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answered by mmd 5
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Haha. They went as a team silly! You think they were gonna send good old Neil alone. He just stepped out of the ship first.
2006-12-10 13:55:35
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answered by Amy B 2
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You need to do your research and find the history. A man by the name of CLEOPHISS JANKINS held the camera for Armstrong. Thus, Armstrong was NOT the first man on the moon!!!
KNOW YOUR HISTORY!!!
2014-03-05 10:29:43
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answered by Anonymous
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With very little gravity there on the moon, I think it just kind of floated around.
2006-12-10 14:01:19
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answered by volt19 2
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The spacecraft leg.
2006-12-10 13:56:56
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answered by anonymous 4
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