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Harrison Schmitt

Views of experiments at the lunar-science station

Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, EVA 3, 170:10:55 GET

Three unreleased photographs, vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based Kodak paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in) and with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS17-134-20496, AS17-134-20497, AS17-134-20499” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

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Harrison Schmitt

Eugene Cernan and the Lunar Rover at the VIP site beyond the LM Challenger

Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, EVA 3, 170:17:35 GET

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS17-134-20506” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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“Before returning to the LM, the astronauts performed several additional tasks at the lunar-science station (or ALSEP site), including the recovery of the Lunar Neutron Probe Experiment, designed to obtain data on neutron capture rates in the lunar regolith as a function of depth” (http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_17/surface_opp/).

The first two photographs show the east heat flow hole; and the third the lunar mass spectrometer.
The Central Station (first and third photographs) was essentially the command center for the entire ALSEP station. It received commands from Earth, transmitted data, and distributed power to each experiment.

170:09:46 Parker (Mission Control): Let’s go get some ALSEP photos, Jack. I think you got some heat flow photos the other night, besides the two pans. If you did, these may be redundant. They want the cross-Sun and down-Sun of the east hole and cross-Sun and down-Sun of the west hole. And I’m not sure but what you got those earlier. You said you got some extra heat flow, but tell me if you did. All four of these are 7-foot...
170:10:18 Schmitt: I...
170:10:19 Parker: Go ahead.
170:10:22 Schmitt: I’ll get the heat flow pictures. (Pause) One was 11-foot, I think. And then the
stereopair.
170:10:35 Parker: Yeah. I think all they’re asking for is the two 7-foot stereo pairs. (Pause)
170:10:47 Schmitt: Okay. That’s one of them. (Pause)
170:10:55 Parker: Okay. What they’re asking for, Jack, is a 7-foot down-Sun and a 7-foot cross-Sun, which isn’t quite what we’ve been taking in the past.
170:11:04 Schmitt: I’m getting the standard ones, Bob.
170:11:08 Parker: Copy that. (Pause)
170:11:13 Schmitt: Okay. You got the standard documentation.
170:11:16 Parker: Okay...
170:11:17 Schmitt: 11-footers and 7-foot stereos.
170:11:19 Parker: Okay. Go ahead. They can’t complain about that, certainly.
170:11:24 Schmitt: Okay. Now what?
170:11:26 Parker: Okay. We’d like a 3-foot shot of the lunar mass spectrometer (LMS), including the orifice where the breakshield was.

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Eugene Cernan is in the distance working at the Rover at its final parking site called the VIP site.

Schmitt took the photograph on his way back to the LM from the lunar-science station.
The American flag stands to the left of the LM. Rover tracks are in the right foreground.