Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Apollo 14 Deploys ALSEP
Explanation:
After the lunar module [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of Apollo 14 [ http://bang.lanl.go…] set down on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], Astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell deployed the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) and collected samples of lunar material. The ALSEP scientific experiments included a seismometer [ http://gldfs.cr.usg…] sensitive to slight lunar surface movements, and charged particle detectors which measured the solar wind [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. The seismometer successfully measured surface tremors interpreted as moonquakes [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and meteoroids [ http://ccf.arc.nasa…] striking the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], while the solar wind [ http://www.sel.bldr…] experiment was sensitive enough to detect the element argon [ http://www.cchem.be…]. These and other ALSEP experiments helped classify the internal structure and magnetic field of Earth's Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Shepard and Mitchell also made a geology traverse to the rim of Cone Crater, carrying their tools and sample containers in the Modular Equipment Transporter (MET). In this picture Alan Shepard assembles a core tube which he will then hammer into the surface.
Credit and Copyright:
NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/], Johnson Space Center [ http://www.jsc.nasa…]
facet_who:
Edgar Mitchell
facet_who:
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Crater
facet_what:
SST
facet_what:
Apollo 14
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap951210

Apollo 14 Deploys ALSEP
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