SHORTLY AFTER STEPPING ONTO THE SURFACE, ARMSTRONG TOOK A “GRAB SAMPLE,” OR CONTINGENCY SAMPLE,SCOOPING IT UP INTO A TEFLON BAG ON THE END OF A LIGHT COLLAPSIBLE ROD

1/ Shortly after stepping onto the surface, Armstrong took a “grab sample,” or contingency sample,

scooping it up into a Teflon bag on the end of a light collapsible rod. The pole he discarded, but the bag

of soil he rolled up and—with some difficulty—tucked into a pocket above his left knee.