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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Neil Armstrong Digital Photography
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2007.0041
- Dates:
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1970-05-25
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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.1007 Gigabytes
- Repository:
Black and white digital images of Neil Armstrong at the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) hosted by USSR Academy of Sciences in Leningrad in May 1970.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection contains black and white digital images of Neil Armstrong at a press conference as part of the 13th annual session of the International Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) hosted by the USSR Academy of Sciences in Leningrad [now the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg] in May 1970. Images are mostly candid shots and depict Armstrong surround by reporters and leaving in a car. Some Soviet astronauts including Georgy Beregovoy and Konstantin Feoktistov also attended the event.
Also included are four digital images of the photographer, Aleksey Ostrovskiy. The black and white images were taken in 1970 when Ostrovskiy first captured the Armstrong photography. The comtemporary, color images are dated 2007 when he offered this donation.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Original order.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon after successfully commanding Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission. The following year in early May the USSR Academy of Sciences [now the Russian Academy of Sciences] invited Armstrong to travel to the Soviet Union and speak at the 13th annual conference of the International Committee on Space Research (COSPAR). Spending five days in Leningrad [now St. Petersburg], he spoke at press conferences, narrated Apollo mission footage, and gave a talk about "Lunar Surface Exploration."
Photographs in this collection were taken by a teenaged Aleksey Ostrovskiy. At this time, his mother worked within the USSR Academy of Sciences and arranged his attendance at a press conference in late May 1970.
Administration
Author
Amara Pugens
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Aleksey Ostrovskiy, Gift, 2007, NASM.2007.0041
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Amara Pugens, 2023.
Digital Content
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Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Preferred Citation
Neil Armstrong Digital Photography, NASM.2007.0041, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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| Astronautics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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| Digital images | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| International Council of Scientific Unions. Committee on Space Research. United States Academy | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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