Buzz Aldrin jumping down to the LM footpad to become the second human on the Moon, 16-24 July 1969

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, printed 1969, numbered "NASA AS11-40-5868" (NASA MSC) in red in top margin, with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, 25,4 x 20,3 cm

Leaving the ninth step of the ladder, an eager Aldrin jumps down to the Moon 19 minutes after Armstrong.

On Earth his weight, including the spacesuit and mechanism-filled portable life-support system, would have totaled 360 lbs., but here the gross came only to a bouncy 60 lbs. (NASA SP-350, p. 11.4)

“We opened the hatch and Neil, with me as his navigator, began backing out of the tiny opening. It seemed like a small eternity before I heard Neil say, ‘That’s one small step for man...one giant leap for mankind.’ In less than fifteen minutes I was backing awkwardly out of the hatch and onto the surface to join Neil, who, in the tradition of all tourists, had his camera ready to photograph my arrival.”
Buzz Aldrin (NASA SP-350, p. 215)

From the mission transcript (photograph taken at T+109:42:42 after launch):
109:41:28 Aldrin: Okay. Now I want to back up and partially close the hatch. (Long Pause) Making sure not to lock it on my way out.
109:41:53 Armstrong: (Laughs) A particularly good thought.
109:41:56 Aldrin: That’s our home for the next couple of hours and we want to take good care of it. (Pause) Okay. I’m on the top step and I can look down over the RCU (Remote Control Unit) and (garbled) landing gear pads. It’s a very simple matter to hop down from one step to the next.
109:42:18 Armstrong: Yes. I found I could be very comfortable, and walking is also very comfortable.
109:42:28 Armstrong: You’ve got three more steps and then a long one.
109:42:42 Aldrin: Okay. I’m going to leave that one foot up there and both hands down to about the fourth rung up.

Watch more: Apollo 11 - Buzz Aldrin Descends Ladder to Lunar Surface

Literature:
LIFE, 11 August 1969 National Geographic, December 1969, ppg. 738-739; LIFE, 8 August 1969, pg. 20 Time, 8 August 1969, pg. 23; Moon: Man’s Greatest Adventure, Thomas, ed., pg. 193; Apollo: Through the Eyes of the Astronauts, Jacobs, pg. 56; Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon, Reynolds, pg. 144; Apollo Expeditions to the Moon (NASA SP-350), Cortright, ed., pg. 214.