NASA Photo ID: AS14-67-9389        File Name: 10075620.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 02/05/71
Title: Astronaut Edgar Mitchell carries penetrometer attached to handle during EVA
Description:
Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, carries the penetrometer 
attached to an extension handle during extravehicular activity on the lunar 
surface. The geophone alignment flag is attached to the penetrometer.
Several  components of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP)
are in the  background. The shadow of Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr.,
commander, who took  this photograph, is in the foreground, near several
prints made by lunar  overshoes of the two astronauts and a long track made
by a wheel of the  Modularized Equipment Transporter (MET).               

Subject terms:
APOLLO 14                               
APOLLO PROJECT                          
ASTRONAUTS                              
EQUIPMENT                               
EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY                 
LUNAR SURFACE                           
SHADOWS                                 
SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS                  

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