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S69-40945 (August 1969) --- This is a core tube sample under study and examination in the Manned Spacecraft Center?s...
S72-55066 (11 Dec. 1972) --- Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt chips samples from a large boulder during the...
AS17-145-22183 (7-19 Dec. 1972) --- One of the Apollo 17 crew took this picture of a large boulder field during...
AS15-85-11363 (31 July 1971) --- A 70mm handheld Hasselblad was aimed through the viewing port of the Apollo 15...
S70-56287 (14 Dec. 1970) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission, stands...
AS12-48-7149 (20 Nov. 1969) --- A close-up view of astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander of the Apollo 12 lunar...
AS16-113-18282 (23 April 1972) --- The Apollo Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Casper" approaches the Lunar Module...
S72-55166 (12 Dec. 1972) --- Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt loses his balance and heads for a fall during...
This photograph was taken during a deployment simulation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). The LRV was built to...
S71-39868 (July 1971) --- An artist's concept of the Apollo 15 Hadley-Apennine landing area showing the two...
This photograph was taken during a deployment simulation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). The LRV was built to...
This photograph was taken during a deployment simulation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). The LRV was built to...
20th Anniversary of the First Lunar Landing Colloquium held at Langley. William H. Michael Jr. (center) reviews the...
iss068e029649 (Dec. 14, 2022) --- Astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace...
iss071e462520 (Aug. 12, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Matthew Dominick displays a bag...
SHOWN IS A CONCEPT IMAGE OF THE ARES V EARTH DEPARTURE STAGE AND LUNAR SURFACE ACCESS MODULE DOCKED WITH THE ORION...
Dr. von Braun (right) and Astronaut John Glenn examine a model of a lunar landing stage during a talk on the manned...
A concept of a possible Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) built for NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). This...
This photograph was taken during a deployment simulation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). The LRV was built to...
A test engineer drives a Mobility Test Article (MTA) during a test of a Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) concept through...
AS15-88-11901 (31 July-2 Aug. 1971) --- The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) is photographed alone against the desolate...
AS16-106-17340 (23 April 1972) --- Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, is...
The two moon-exploring crewmen of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission show off some of the largest of the lunar...
AS16-114-18412 (16-27 April 1972) --- The gnomon and color patch, one of the Apollo Lunar Hand Tools (ALHT), is...