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No. 039/2019 June 13, 2019 Mainz, Germany

SCHOTT and the first moon landing in 1969

Neil Armstrong, Commander of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. On July 21, 1969 (UTC), he became the first man to set foot on the moon. Source: NASA

Edwin Aldrin exiting the lunar module Eagle, photographed by Neil Armstrong. Source: NASA

Edwin Aldrin on the moonwalk. Source: NASA

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Footprint of an Apollo 11 astronaut in lunar soil. Source: NASA

Schematic representation of a camera lens. The lenses of the TV and still cameras of the Apollo 11 moon mission were equipped with high-quality optical glasses from SCHOTT. Photo: SCHOTT

Replica of the Westinghouse lunar TV camera from the National Air and Space Museum, Washington. Armstrong and Aldrin filmed the action on their moonwalk with a camera of the same type. The lens of the camera is equipped with optical glasses from SCHOTT. The astronauts left the original camera on the moon. Source: National Air and Space Museum

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Hasselblad still camera from the National Air and Space Museum in Washington. This camera was used in the command module of Apollo 11. With an almost identical camera Neil Armstrong shot the photos on the lunar surface. Optical glasses from SCHOTT in the camera lenses from ZEISS provided brilliant images. Source: National Air and Space Museum

Laser ranging reflector with quartz glass prisms, which had been manufactured by Heraeus- Schott Quarzschmelze GmbH in Hanau, Germany. In the background the lunar module Eagle. With the help of the lunar reflector scientific measurements were carried out. Source: NASA

Laser ranging reflector from the Smithonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, which the Apollo 11 astronauts had used for training purposes prior to their space mission. Source: National Air and Space Museum

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Neil Armstrong (center), the first man on the moon, received an optical glass from SCHOTT when he attended a glider event on the Wasserkuppe mountain in 1970 during a visit to Germany. Photo: SCHOTT / Heinz-Jürgen Göttert

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Media contact Dr. Jürgen Steiner Manager Corporate Communication SCHOTT AG Tel. +49 (0)6131/66-4335 E-Mail: [email protected]

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