Lunar Sample Information Catalog, Apollo 11
Lunar Sample Information Catalog, Apollo 11

Author: Lunar Receiving Laboratory (Manned Spacecraft Center)

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Published: 1969

Total Pages: 430

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"This document is a rapid compilation of the information about the lunar samples returned from the Apollo 11 mission. Information avail-able through September 1, 1969, is included. The purpose of this catalog is to provide the lunar-sample principal investigators with information about the total lunar samples returned and specific information about individual samples that are distributed for detailed work."--

Apollo 12 Lunar-sample Information
Apollo 12 Lunar-sample Information

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Published: 1970

Total Pages: 314

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Scientific data obtained during the preliminary examination of the lunar samples returned from the Apollo 12 mission are presented. The sample-collecting tools and techniques and the contingency, selected, documented, and tote-bag samples are described. A preliminary search was conducted to determine the lunar- surface location and orientation of each sample, and the results are discussed. The results of the various chemical and isotopic analyses are given. Photographs and mineralogical/petrological descriptions of the samples, plots and descriptions of the controls and samples subjected to organic analyses, details of the organic-contamination monitors and controls, and an index of the photographic documentation both on the lunar surface and in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory are included in the report.

Apollo 12 Preliminary Science Report
Apollo 12 Preliminary Science Report

Author: Manned Spacecraft Center (U.S.)

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Published: 1970

Total Pages: 246

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The Apollo 11 Mission, primarily designed to land men on the Moon and return them safely to Earth, signaled a new phase of the manned space program. Based on the success of Apollo 11, the first of a series of missions designed for the systematic exploration of the Moon was successfully accomplished on Apollo 12. The fact that the Apollo 12 astronauts were able to achieve a pinpoint landing at a preselected site, and then spend an extended time on the lunar surface, graphically illustrates the rapid progress of the Apollo program. The Apollo 12 mission added significantly to man's knowledge of the Moon. The precise landing capability allowed the crew to accomplish a wide variety of preplanned tasks and paved the way for planning future missions to smaller, more selected landing areas with the possibility of significant scientific returns. The publication includes chapters on mission description, summary of scientific results, photographic summary of the Apollo 12 Mission, crew observations, passive seismic experiment, lunar surface magnetometer experiment, the solar-wind spectrometer experiment, suprathermal ion detector experiment (lunar ionosphere detector), cold cathode gage (lunar atmosphere detector), the solar-wind composition experiment, Apollo 12 multispectral photography experiment, preliminary geologic investigation of the Apollo 12 landing site, lunar surface closeup stereoscopic photography, preliminary examination of lunar samples, and preliminary results from Surveyor 3 analysis.