NASA Photo ID: AS12-46-6813        File Name: 10075407.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 11/19/69
Title: Astronaut Alan Bean deploys Lunar Surface Magnetometer on lunar surface
Description:
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.                  

Subject terms:
APOLLO 12 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
ASTRONAUTS                              
EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY                 
LUNAR GEOLOGY                           
LUNAR MODULE                            
LUNAR PROBES                            
LUNAR SURFACE                           
METERS                                  
SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS                  

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