Apollo 11: Photos by Armstrong and Aldrin

In a 2001 oral history of the mission, Armstrong was asked about his photographic efforts on the surface.
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In a 2001 oral history of the mission, Armstrong was asked by interviewer David Brinkley about his photographic efforts on the lunar surface. "I think we probably caught a fair share of the things we were supposed to take pictures of," he replied. "And not too many really bad shots [Laughter]."

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