AS12-46-6790 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - Alan Bean unloads ALSEP RTG fuel element
Summary
The original database describes this as:
Description: Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module (LM) pilot, unloads the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP) Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) fuel element from cask. Image was taken during the first extravehicular activity (EVA 1) of the Apollo 12 mission. Original film magazine was labeled Y, film type was HCEX (SO-168 - Ektachrome EF, high-speed color reversal, ASA 160) taken with a 60mm lens. The Sun angle was low, the approximate camera tilt was medium oblique and the direction of the tilt was West.
Subject Terms: Apollo 12 Flight, Moon
Categories: EVA
Date: 11/19/1969
Original: Film - 70MM CT
Interior_Exterior: Exterior
Ground_Orbit: Ground
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