AS16-114-18388 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - View of Station Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) Sample 355 Soil and 373 Rock
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- Created Date
- 1967-11-09/1972-12-19
- Description
The original database describes this as: Description: Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, stands at the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) deployment site during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-1) at the Descartes landing site. The components of the ALSEP are in the background. The lunar surface drill is just behind and to the right of astronaut Young. The drill's rack and bore stems are to the left. The three-sensor Lunar Surface Magnetometer is beyond the rack. The dark object in the right background is the Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG). Between the RTG and the drill is the Heat Flow Experiment. A part of the Central Station is at the right center edge of the picture. This photograph was taken by astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot. Original film magazine was labeled B,filmtype was SO-168 (High Speed Color Exterior),60mm lens with a sun elevation of 24 degrees. Subject Terms: Apollo 16 Flight, Moon (Planet) Categories: EVA Original: Film - 70MM CT Interior_Exterior: Exterior Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
- Creator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973
- Contributing Institution
- National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures
- Collection
- Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Photographs of the Apollo Space Program
Apollo 16 - AS16-104-17001 through AS16-M-3023 - Type
- image
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- Magnetic DiskMagnetic Disk: Hard DriveMagnetic Media
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- No Copyright - In the United States:The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973. AS16-114-18388 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - View of Station Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) Sample 355 Soil and 373 Rock. 1967-11-09/1972-12-19. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/16712596. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973, (1967-11-09/1972-12-19) AS16-114-18388 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - View of Station Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) Sample 355 Soil and 373 Rock. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/16712596
- MLA citation style
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://catalog.archives.gov/id/16712596>.