The only known photograph of Neil Armstrong on the moon — and a rare, type 1 example at that — is up for auction. At the time of publication, it was bidding at more than $15,000 with less than seven hours remaining. The photo is described as a “type 1,” meaning that it is a first-generation print made from the original negative and within just a couple of years of when the photo was captured. “[The] exceedingly rare original ‘Type 1’ vintage color glossy 10 x 8 red-numbered NASA photo (AS11-40-5886) shows Neil Armstrong on the right—packing a lunar sample into an open rockbox at the MESA (Modular Stowage Equipment Assembly) and the deployed flag of the United States on the left,” RR Auctions writes. “Also visible are the Solar Wind Collector and a strut of the Lunar Module Eagle, which casts a dramatic shadow across the lunar surface in the foreground. Reverse bears ‘A Kodak Paper’ watermarks.…