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Astronaut Alan Bean drives core sample tube into lunar surface
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Astronaut Alan Bean drives core sample tube into lunar surface

NASA / JSC · 1969-11-20 · photograph (digital archive)

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AS12-49-7286 (20 Nov. 1969) --- Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot, drives a core sample tube into the lunar surface during the Apollo 12 extravehicular activity. Good view of lunar soil.

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APOLLO 12 FLIGHTAPOLLO PROJECTASTRONAUTSCORE SAMPLINGCORESSAMPLESEXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITYLUNAR SOILLUNAR SURFACETUBES
Credit lineAstronaut Alan Bean drives core sample tube into lunar surface. NASA/JSC, 1969-11-20. Public domain. ID: as12-49-7286.
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