World Events

World Events

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1961

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Buzz Aldrin and the U.S. flag on the Moon

[Sea of tranquility, Lunar surface-05/25/1961]

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Title: Buzz Aldrin and the U.S. flag on the Moon

Dated: 05/25/1961

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Full Description

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag during an Apollo 11 Extravehicular Activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. The Lunar Module (LM) is on the left, and the footprints of the astronauts are clearly visible in the soil of the Moon. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this picture with a 70mm Hasselblad lunar surface camera. While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the LM, the "Eagle", to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the Moon, astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia" in lunar-orbit.

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Subject Category

Astronauts, Apollo 11

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Image info. and Reference Numbers

Center: HQ
Center Number: AS11-40-5875
GRIN Database Number: GPN-2001-00001
NASA Center:Headquarters
Image #: 70-H-1075

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1989

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Tiananmen Square

[China, 1989]

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Title

Tiananmen Square

By Stuart Franklin

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Full Description

Probably the most famous image from the student uprising in China in 1989, this photograph shows a single person blocking the tanks that were emerging on the square. The man survived but shortly after the square was filled with innocent blood.

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Trivia

There are two well know photos taken of the protester by two different photojournalist, one by Stuart Franklin and the other by Jeff Widener. the more popular representation is the work of Stuart Franklin. To have a better perspective of the event see the other photo by Jeff Widener and give both photographer credit for their work as many people think that both images where taken by the same person.

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