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AS16-116-18671 (23 April 1972) --- Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, works at the "Shadow Rock",...
A lightweight simulator version of NASA's Resource Prospector undergoes a mobility test in a regolith bin at the...
A lightweight simulator version of NASA's Resource Prospector undergoes a mobility test in a regolith bin at the...
A lightweight simulator version of NASA's Resource Prospector undergoes a mobility test in a regolith bin at the...
Outside a regolith bin at the agency's Kennedy Space center in Florida, an engineer operates controls for a...
Engineers wearing protecting garb, make adjustments to a lightweight simulator version of NASA's Resource Prospector...
A lightweight simulator version of NASA's Resource Prospector undergoes a mobility test in a regolith bin at the...
A lightweight simulator version of NASA's Resource Prospector undergoes a mobility test in a regolith bin at the...
A lightweight simulator version of NASA's Resource Prospector undergoes a mobility test in a regolith bin at the...
AS14-66-9232 (5 Feb. 1971) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission,...
AS14-64-9089 (5-6 Feb. 1971) --- Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, moves across the lunar surface as...
AS11-40-5868 (20 July 1969) --- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, descends the steps of the Lunar...
AS14-66-9325 (5 Feb. 1971) --- The third United States flag to be deployed on the lunar surface, footprints, wheel...
S71-16574 (11 Jan. 1971) --- An artist's concept depicting the Apollo 14 Command and Service Modules (CSM) circling...
AS12-48-7121 (20 Nov. 1969) --- An excellent view of the unmanned Surveyor 3 spacecraft which was photographed...
AS16-116-18653 (23 April 1972) --- Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., Apollo 16 lunar module pilot, stands at a big rock...
AS12-46-6749 (19 Nov. 1969) --- Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission,...
AS15-82-11168 (2 Aug. 1971) --- Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, walks away from the Lunar Roving...
A model of the Pressurized lunar rover is seen during a briefing discussing the historic agreement signed April 9th...
A model of the Pressurized lunar rover is seen during a briefing discussing the historic agreement signed April 9th...
This is an artist depiction of NASA Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer LADEE observatory as it...
Technicians prepare the Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSolo) for NASA’s Volatile Investigating Polar...
Technicians prepare the Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSolo) for NASA’s Volatile Investigating Polar...
The Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSolo) for NASA’s Volatile Investigating Polar Exploration Rover...