PIX4596172: Apollo 11: N.Armstrong and E.Aldrin deploy the flag - Apollo 11: the deployment of the US flag - Deploiement of the United States flag by astronauts Neil Armstrong (left) and Edwin Aldrin. Image obtained by the camera mounted on the LEM. The deployment of the flag of the United States on the surface of the Moon is captured on film during the first Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. Here, astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, stands on the left at the flagship's staff. Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot, is also pictured. The picture was taken from film exposed by the 16 mm Data Acquisition Camera (DAC) which was mounted in the Lunar Module (LM) / Bridgeman Images