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heng44 | Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong blows out the candles on his birthday cake as he celebrates his 39th birthday, while still confined to the Lunar Receiving Laboratory on August 5, 1969. |
Ian Limbrey | Great photo! This should have been one hell of a birthday celebration for Neil but I guess he was just slightly restricted due to the quarantine restrictions! |
capoetc | Great pic! Shoulda' used the LM model as a cake topper. |
Jurg Bolli | Great photo, I have never seen this! |
Robert Pearlman | Armstrong appears to be wearing the Omega Speedmaster he almost wore on the moon (but left inside Eagle instead). Note the Velcro strap wrapped around his wrist a couple of times... |
ColinBurgess | Curiosity makes me wonder whatever happened to such things as the table in that photo. Wouldn't you love to have that in your house, knowing the history behind it? I wonder where it ended up? |
ejectr | Good thing the guy in the yellow shirt has a stogy to kill all those moon germs. |
Robert Pearlman | Another observation: the microphone pointed at the tape player/recorder. I wonder if it was playing something festive? |
music_space | Do we know the other people present? |
LM-12 | Don't know all the names, but S69-42022 is a photo of the the crew with the quarantine support personnel. |
Rocketman! | quote: Originally posted by capoetc: Shoulda' used the LM model as a cake topper.
I think it would have burned up in the atmosphere. If I am not mistaken, that is one of the paper models from the Gulf Oil Company. I wonder if it was intended as a gag gift. |
Wehaveliftoff | Don't understand Lunar Receiving place, which allowed others to be in it?
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Robert Pearlman | They were quarantined for the full time along with the astronauts. Per quarantine officer Gary McCollum: In addition to the three Apollo crewmembers, other personnel quarantined in the LRL were two crew surgeons, a recovery engineer, medical laboratory technicians, cooks, and stewards. |
lunarrv15 | Someone else inhaling tobacco... see the cigar on the counter left of Neil. |
heng44 | quote: Originally posted by music_space: Do we know the other people present?
Standing in the doorway is John Hirasaki. |
LM-12 | The birthday celebration is included in this footage taken inside the Lunar Receiving Lab. The first scenes were taken in the MQF. |
Philip | Superb color photo Ed and well spotted Robert... clearly champagne colored (Tritium) lume on that Speedmaster. |