NASA Photo ID: S72-37253           File Name: 10075912.jpg
Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 11/30/72
Title: Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment: Lunar Surface Gravimeter
Description:
Table-top views of one of the Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiments. This
view  is of the Lunar Surface Gravimeter (LSG), Experiment S-207, one of
the  experiments of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package which will
be  carried on the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission. The major goal of the
LSG is  to confirm the existence of gravity waver as predicted by
Einstein's general  theory of relativity.                 
Subject terms:
APOLLO 17 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
EQUIPMENT                               
GRAVITY                                 
LUNAR SURFACE                           
MEASUREMENT                             
SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS                  
SPECTROMETERS                           

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