Apollo 11 photographic index

The inventory of Apollo 11’s returned imagery — the magazine-and-frame catalog that lets a specific photograph be located and placed. It complements Apollo 11 surface photography (which covers the camera systems and their scientific role) by recording what was actually shot, on which magazine, where it points, and how good it is. It is also the scaffolding for attaching individual frames as assets to the library — eighteen are now held and embedded (gallery below).

Frame numbering

70mm Hasselblad frames are identified as AS11-<magazine#>-<frame#> (e.g. AS11-36-5291). Each lettered magazine maps to a two-digit NASA magazine number and a film type, so a magazine letter, an AS11-NN number, and a frame number together pin down any still. The Mapping Sciences Laboratory index screened 1,340 frames of 70mm and 58,159 frames of 16mm film, and for every 70mm frame records focal length, principal-point latitude/longitude, forward overlap, approximate sun angle, camera tilt and tilt direction, photo quality, and a short description.

Cameras

70mm Hasselblad Electric Camera — interchangeable 60, 80, 250mm lenses; color (SO-368, SO-3400) and black-and-white (3400) film.
16mm Data Acquisition Camera (DAC) — interchangeable 5, 10, 15, 75mm lenses; the sequence record of descent, EVA, and ascent.

70mm magazines (N–T)

Mag	AS11 # / film	Coverage
N	36, color SO-368	141 frames; mostly translunar (Earth, cabin interiors), last 28 of the lunar surface (numbered craters, “targets of opportunity”)
O	250mm	Far side, a Sea of Fertility sequence, and nearside
P	B&W 3400	Orbital lunar-surface photography; covers Landing Site 2
Q	color SO-3400	Tranquility Base and the landing area, from the LM and the surface
R	—	Taken from the LM; frames 5433–5448 from orbit with Columbia visible
S	60mm, color	Taken aboard the LM
T	B&W	Lunar surface from the Command Module at ~60 nmi orbit

The surface and EVA stills concentrate in magazines Q, R, and S (“Most of Magazines R and S and all of Magazine Q were taken from the Lunar Module or from the surface at Tranquility Base”); these were assembled into photographic panoramas rather than plotted on the chart. A number of Apollo 11 surface frames re-imaged bright-rayed craters first photographed on Apollo 10 from new look angles.

Frames held in this library

Eighteen 70 mm Hasselblad frames are stored in inputs/assets/ (NASA, public domain) and embedded as hero images in the concepts they document — seventeen from magazine 40 (designation “S,” the surface EVA) and one from magazine 44 (“V,” the ascent and rendezvous). Listed in frame order; the six acquired in the 2026-06-09 batch are marked †.


AS11-40-5866 — crewman on the ladder → EVA equipment	AS11-40-5872† — Solar Wind foil → SWC
AS11-40-5874 — flag and astronaut → Ceremonial	AS11-40-5878† — bootprint → regolith
AS11-40-5883 — TV camera on the surface → TV broadcast	AS11-40-5899 — plaque close-up (Dark) → Ceremonial
AS11-40-5903† — Aldrin, the “Visor Shot” → EVA	AS11-40-5921 — descent-engine nozzle → Powered descent
AS11-40-5922† — LM Eagle close-up → Lunar Module	AS11-40-5923 — Earth over Eagle → Apollo 11 mission
AS11-40-5927 — astronaut at the MESA → Sample collection	AS11-40-5935 — mare into the Sun → Tranquility Base
AS11-40-5942 — carrying the EASEP packages → EASEP	AS11-40-5948† — Aldrin & the seismometer → Passive Seismic
AS11-40-5950 — deployed seismometer → Seismic results	AS11-40-5952† — LRRR deployed → LRRR
AS11-40-5954 — crater with rocky floor → Field geology	AS11-44-6634 — ascent stage, Earth on horizon → Ascent & rendezvous

Sources

Apollo 11 Photography Index (70mm and 16mm)