NASA Photo ID: S71-41422 File Name: 10075709.jpg
Film Type: 35mm BW Date Taken: 07/29/71
Title: Seismometer readings studied in Mission Control Center
Description:
The seismometer reading from the impact made by the Apollo 15 Saturn S-IVB
stage when it struck the lunar surface is studied by scientists in the
Mission Control Center. Dr. Gary Latham (dark suit, wearing lapel button)
of Columbia University is responsible for the design and experiment data
analysis of the Passive Seismic Experiment of the Apollo Lunar Surface
Experiment Package (ALSEP). The man on the left, writing, is Nafi Toksos of
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Looking on at upper left is Dave
Lamneline, also with Columbia.
Subject terms:
ACTIVITY
APOLLO 15 FLIGHT
APOLLO PROJECT
CONSOLES
IMPACT
INTEGRATED MISSION CONTROL CENTER
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
LUNAR SURFACE
PERSONNEL
SATURN LAUNCH VEHICLES
SEISMOGRAPHS
TEXAS
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