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Apollo 12 Mission image - Alan Bean unloads ALSEP RTG fuel element
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Apollo 12 Mission image - Alan Bean unloads ALSEP RTG fuel element

AS12-46-6790 (19 Nov. 1969) --- Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot, is photographed at quadrant II of the Lunar Module (LM) during the first Apollo 12 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the moon. This picture was taken by astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander. Here, Bean is using a fuel transfer tool to remove the fuel element from the fuel cask mounted on the LM's descent stage. The fuel element was then placed in the Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG), the power source for the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) which was deployed on the moon by the two astronauts. The RTG is next to Bean's right leg. While astronauts Conrad and Bean descended in the LM "Intrepid" to explore the Ocean of Storms region of the moon, astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr., command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Yankee Clipper" in lunar orbit.

Date
1969-11-19
Collection
JSC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"Apollo 12 Mission image - Alan Bean unloads ALSEP RTG fuel element" (1969-11-19). NASA/JSC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/as12-46-6790

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