Wonderful original painting of Neil Armstrong's famous 'visor shot' of Buzz Aldrin walking on the lunar surface during Apollo 11, accomplished in acrylic on a 18 x 24 canvas board by NASA suit technician-turned-artist Ron Woods. Signed and dated in the lower right in ink, "Ron Woods, 2019," and signed and inscribed on the reverse, "Ron Woods, Apollo 11 Suit Tech & Artist, Thanks Joe & Troy, 2019." The canvas board is displayed on a wooden gallery-style mount. This outstanding painting is a superb representation of the most iconic image captured during Apollo 11, a stunning full-figure view of LMP Aldrin in his white A7L suit, with his fellow moonwalker, Neil Armstrong, and the leg of the LM Eagle reflected in his visor. Aldrin's shadow is cast over bootprints in the foreground, while the cratered 'magnificent desolation' of the moon's surface and the vast blackness of space fill the background. In fine condition.
During the Apollo program, Ron Woods worked for ILC as a suit technician performing suit maintenance, interface testing with the Command Module, Lunar Module, and Lunar Rover vehicles, and insertion of astronauts in Command and Lunar modules for training. He suited crewmembers for Apollo 8, 11, 15, all Skylab missions, and Apollo-Soyuz. He also supported the first two Space Shuttle missions as a suit technician at KSC and three additional missions at primary and back-up landing sites.
