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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