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 S80-37406 (thumbnail)
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   Photo ID:

   S80-37406   


   Program:

   Apollo   


   Mission:

   Apollo XII


   Date Taken:

   1969-11-24


   Film Type:

   4x5

Title:
Apollo 12 view of Solar Eclipse
Description:
This photograph of the eclipse of the sun was taken with a 16mm motion picture camera from the Apollo 12 spacecraft during its trans-Earth journey home from the moon. The fascinating view was created when the Earth moved directly between the sun and the Apollo 12 spacecraft. Aboard Apollo 12 were astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., commander; Richard F. Gordon Jr., command module pilot; and Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot. While astronauts Conrad and Bean descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Intrepid" to explore the Ocean of Storms region of the moon, astronaut Gordon remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Yankee Clipper" in lunar orbit.
Subject Terms:
APOLLO 12 FLIGHT APOLLO PROJECT EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) ONBOARD ACTIVITIES PHOTOGRAPHY SOLAR ECLIPSES SUN

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