NASA Photo ID: S69-60229 File Name: 10075435.jpg
Film Type: 120mm Date Taken: 11/25/69
Title: Arrival of the first Apollo 12 lunar sample return container
Description:
The first Apollo 12 sample return container, filled with lunar surface
material collected by Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., and Alan L. Bean on
the lunar surface, is being carried to a vehicle which will transport it
the Manned Spacecraft Center's (MSC) Lunar Receiving Laboratory. The men
carrying the box are David E. Peterson (left) and Richard C. Graves from
MSC. Peterson is with the Recovery Operations Branch, Landing and Recovery
Divison, and Graves is with the Project Support Office, Preventive
Medicine Division.
Subject terms:
AIRCRAFT
APOLLO 12 FLIGHT
APOLLO PROJECT
ARRIVALS
CONTAINERS
CORES
LUNAR ROCKS
LUNAR SOIL
RUNWAYS
SAMPLES
TEXAS
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