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Neil Armstrong Simulating Scooping Up a Lunar Sample

A picture of Neil Armstrong practicing scooping up a lunar sample before his Apollo 11 mission.

Suited Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit, participates in lunar surface simulation training. Armstrong is simulating scooping up a lunar surface sample. (April 18, 1969)

Picture courtesy of NASA.

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