NASA Photo ID: AS16-113-18347 File Name: 10075833.jpg
Film Type: 70mm Date Taken: 04/21/72
Title: Partial view of the deployed Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package
Description:
A partial view of the Apollo 16 Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package
(ALSEP) in deployed configuration on the lunar surface as photographed
during the mission's first extravehicular activity (EVA-1), on April 21,
1972. The Passive Seismic Experiment (PSE) is in the foreground center;
Central Station (C/S) in in center background, with the Radioisotope
Thermo-electric Generator (RTG) to the left. One of the anchor flags for
the Active Seismic Experiment (ASE) is at right.
Subject terms:
APOLLO 16 FLIGHT
APOLLO PROJECT
DEPLOYMENT
EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY
GENERATORS
LUNAR SURFACE
SEISMOGRAPHS
SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS
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