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Astronaut Alan Bean deploys Lunar Surface Magnetometer on lunar surface
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Astronaut Alan Bean deploys Lunar Surface Magnetometer on lunar surface

NASA / JSC · 1969-11-19 · photograph (digital archive)

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Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot, deploys the Lunar Surface Magnetometer (LSM) during the first Apollo 12 extravehicular activity on the Moon. The LSM is a component of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP). The Lunar Module can be seen in the left background.

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APOLLO 12 FLIGHTAPOLLO PROJECTASTRONAUTSEXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITYLUNAR GEOLOGYLUNAR MODULELUNAR PROBESLUNAR SURFACEMETERS SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS
Credit lineAstronaut Alan Bean deploys Lunar Surface Magnetometer on lunar surface. NASA/JSC, 1969-11-19. Public domain. ID: as12-46-6813.
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