NASA Photo ID: S71-43050           File Name: 10075773.jpg
Film Type: 120mm                   Date Taken: 08/13/71
Title: View of lunar sample no. 15305 in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory
Description:
A close-up view of lunar sample no. 15305 in the Non-Sterile Nitrogen 
Processing Line (NNPL) in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL) at the
Manned  Spacecraft Center (MSC). This sample, pictured on a small spatula
in a lab  technician's glove, is green and is one of six recently taken
from container  no. 173, made up of comprehensive fines from the Apennine
Front, Site no. 7.  Astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin took the
sample during the  second extravehicular activity (EVA), at a Ground
Elapsed Time (GET) of  146:06.              
Subject terms:
APOLLO 15 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
LABORATORIES                            
LUNAR ROCKS                             
LUNAR SOIL                              
SAMPLES                                 

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