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Astronaut Edwin Aldrin makes sandwich in zero gravity condition
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S69-39724 (22 July 1969) --- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Apollo 11 lunar module pilot, performs for his Earth-bound television audience, in this color reproduction taken from a TV transmission, from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its trans-Earth journey home from the moon. Aldrin illustrates how to make a sandwich under zero-gravity conditions. When this picture was made, Apollo 11 was approximately 137,000 nautical miles from Earth, traveling at a speed of about 4,300 feet per second.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineAstronaut Edwin Aldrin makes sandwich in zero gravity condition. NASA/JSC, 1969-07-22. Public domain. ID: S69-39724.