[APOLLO 12] ALAN BEAN COLLECTING LUNAR SOIL SAMPLES. VINTAGE NASA "RED NUMBER" PHOTOGRAPH, 19 NOVEMBER 1969.

The Vintage NASA Photo Collection of Philip Kulpa

[APOLLO 12] 

ALAN BEAN COLLECTING LUNAR SOIL SAMPLES. 19 NOVEMBER 1969.

Vintage NASA “Red Number” chromogenic color photograph, 10 by 8 inches, “A Kodak Paper” watermark to verso. NASA image ID “NASA AS12-46-6820” printed in upper left margin in red; minor toning, tape to verso.

During their EVA, Pete Conrad and Alan Bean collected rocks and set up equipment that measured the Moon's seismicity, solar wind flux and magnetic field, and relayed the measurements to Earth. These instruments reflect the first complete nuclear-powered ALSEP station set up by astronauts on the Moon to relay long-term data from the lunar surface.