Stock Photo - (22 july 1969) --- astronaut edwin 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 the gyroscope principle under zero-gravity conditions using a can of food. when this picture was made, apollo 11 was approximately 157,000 nautical miles from earth, traveling at a speed of about 4,300 feet per second. also aboard the spacecraft, were astronauts neil a. armstrong, commander; and michael collins, command module pilot. Apollo 11 mission, first landing on the moon, july 1969, with astronauts neil armstrong, edwin aldrin, and michael collins. these images tell the story of the apollo 11 project, from conception to the realization of the first human step on the moon on july 21, 1969.