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STS111-312-029 - STS-111 - External Tank (ET) separation as seen from Orbiter Endeavour following launch of STS-111.
STS064-77-022 - STS-064 - Earth observations during STS-64 mission
S126E014189 - STS-126 - Water Dump as seen by the STS-126 Crew
STS113-332-030 - STS-113 - Earth Observation during STS-113
STS113-332-028 - STS-113 - Earth Observation during STS-113
P-34578 BW One of two new ring arcs, or partial rings, discovered by Voyager 2, is faintly visible just outside the orbit of the Neptunian moon 1989N4.The 155-second exposure taken by the spacecraft's narrow-angle camera shows the glare of an overexposed Neptune to the right of the moon and ring arc. The two bright streaks below the moon and ring arc are stars. The ring arc is approximately 50,000 kilometers (30,000 miles) long. The second ring arc, not apparent here, is about 10,000 kilometers (6,000 miles) long and is assoiciated with moon 1989N3. The ring arc, along with 1989N4, orbits about 62,000 kilometers (38,000 miles) from the planet's cloud tops. Astronomers long suspected the existence of such an irregular ring system around Neptune. Data from repeated ground-based observations hinted at the existence of irregular strands of partial rings orbiting Neptune. Voyager's photographs of the ring arcs are the first photographic evidence that such a ring system exists. Voyager scientists said the ring arcs may be comprised of debris associated with the nearby moons, or may be the remnants of moons that have been torn apart or ground down through collisions. Close-up studies of the ring arcs by Voyager 2 will help determine their composition. ARC-1989-A89-7042
STS114-331-010 - STS-114 - Earth observations taken by the STS-114 crew
Sunny Side of a Comet. NASA public domain image colelction.
STS063-22-010 - STS-063 - An aurora viewed from STS-63
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AS12-48-7063 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - View of Lunar terrain
AS12-48-7060 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - View of Lunar terrain
AS12-48-7074 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - View of Lunar terrain
AS12-48-7072 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - View of Lunar terrain
AS12-48-7065 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - View of Lunar terrain
AS12-48-7075 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - View of Lunar terrain
AS12-48-7078 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - View of Lunar terrain
AS12-48-7051 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - View of Lunar terrain
AS12-48-7062 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - View of Lunar terrain
AS12-48-7077 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - View of Lunar terrain
Summary
The original database describes this as:
Description: View of a core tube sampler and lunar terrain around the north rim of a 10 m. crater approximately 25 m. south of Halo Crater. Sample no. 12028 (core tube serial no. 2012) (double core tube) was probably photographed prior to collection. Ground elapsed time was 5:13:28. Image was taken during the second EVA (EVA2) of the Apollo 12 mission. Original film magazine was labeled X,film type was SO-267 (Plus-XX,high speed black and white thin base film,ASA 728) taken with an 60mm lens. Sun angle was low. Approximate camera tilt was Medium oblique and the direction of the camera tilt is Southwest.
Subject Terms: Apollo 12 Flight, Moon
Categories: EVA
Original: Film - 70MM B&W
Interior_Exterior: Exterior
Ground_Orbit: Ground
Apollo 12 - AS12-46-6715 through AS12-57-8455b
Apollo 12 launched from Cape Kennedy on Nov. 14, 1969, into a cloudy, rain-swept sky. The flight plan for Apollo 12 was similar to that of Apollo 11, except Apollo 12 was to fly a higher inclination to the lunar equator and leave the free-return trajectory after the second translunar midcourse correction. Prior to lunar orbit insertion, a telecast was made to Earth on Nov. 17, showing the Earth, moon, spacecraft interior and intravehicular transfer of the crew. Later that day, when Apollo 12 went behind the moon at about 97 miles up, the first lunar orbit insertion burn began. The burn lasted for about six minutes, placing the spacecraft into an elliptical orbit of 69 by 195 miles. On Nov. 19, with the LM behind the moon in the 14th orbit, and some 109 hours, 23 minutes into the mission, the descent orbit insertion maneuver began. With Conrad controlling the descent semi-manually for the last 500 feet, a precision landing occurred at about 110 hours, 32 minutes into the mission, and closer to the target than expected. Intrepid landed in the Ocean of Storms at 3 degrees, 11 hours, 51 minutes south, and 23 degrees, 23 minutes, and 7.5 seconds west. Landing was about 120 feet northeast of Head Crater, and about 535 feet northwest from where Surveyor III stood in its crater. Apollo 12 touched down approximately 950 miles west of where Apollo 11 had landed. Three hours after the landing and before the first extravehicular activity or, EVA, began. Richard Gordon, orbiting 69 miles up in the Yankee Clipper, was able to see both the Intrepid and Surveyor through the use of a 28-power sextant telescope. Conrad opened Intrepid's hatch at 115 hours, 10 minutes into the mission to begin the first lunar EVA for the Apollo 12 crew. In their first lunar exploration, Conrad spent three hours, 39 minutes outside Intrepid, and Bean logged two hours, 58 minutes on the lurain. Crew Charles Conrad Jr., Commander Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon Jr., Command Module Pilot