NASA Photo ID: S72-37255 File Name: 10075911.jpg
Film Type: 4x5 Date Taken: 11/30/72
Title: Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment: Lunar Atmosphere Composition Experiment
Description:
Table-top views of one of the Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiments. This
view is of the Lunar Atmosphere Composition Experiment (LACE) (Lunar Mass
Spectrometer), Experiment S-205, one of the experiments of the Apollo Lunar
Surface Experiments Package which will be carried on the Apollo 17 lunar
landing mission. The LACE will measrue components in the ambient lunar
atmosphere in the range of one to 110 atomic mass units (AMU).
Subject terms:
APOLLO 17 FLIGHT
APOLLO PROJECT
ATMOSPHERES
EQUIPMENT
MASS
MEASUREMENT
SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS
SPECTROMETERS
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