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Others, Individual awards
Astronaut Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin poses by the U.S. flag on the moon's Sea of Tranquility.
Astronaut Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin places the lunar seismometer on the moon's surface near the Sea of Tranquility.
Special mention,Individual awards
Neil Armstrong
NASA
21 July, 1969
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1969 Photo Contest
Leif Engberg
Gérard Klijn
Vladimir Musaelyan
Tony Vaccaro
Georg Böhlje
Ruud Hoff
Alexey Perevoshchikov
Henning Christoph
Stanislaw Jakubowski
Frank Attard
Horst Faas
Toshio Aoi
Hanns-Jörg Anders
Rudi Herzog
Antanas Alishauskas
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