NASA Photo ID: S66-09385           File Name: 10074550.jpg
Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 10/01/66
Title: Gemini 12 Experiment S-12 Spacecraft Micrometeorite Collection
Description:
Gemini 12 Experiment S-12 Spacecraft Micrometeorite Collection used to 
determine micrometeorite activity in near-Earth environment; to expose 
microbial specimens to space to determine survivability in vacuum, extreme 
temperature, and radiation; and to search for any organisms capable of
living  on micrometeorites in space.                 
Subject terms:
GEMINI 12 FLIGHT                        
GEMINI PROJECT                          
GEMINI SPACECRAFT                       
MICROMETEORITES                         
RADIATION DOSAGE                        
RADIATION MEASURING INSTRUMENTS         
SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS                  

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