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Special mention, 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.
Others,2nd prize
Neil Armstrong
NASA
21 July, 1969
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1969 Photo Contest
Pascal G.
Toshio Aoi
Hanns-Jörg Anders
Alexey Perevoshchikov
Rudi Herzog
Antanas Alishauskas
Henning Christoph
Ruud Hoff
Stanislaw Jakubowski
Georg Böhlje
Leif Engberg
Frank Attard
Horst Faas
Tony Vaccaro
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