Apollo 12 / Unidentified photographer

Apollo Lunar Hand Tools on the surface of the Moon

November 14-24, 1969

Vintage photograph with black NASA MSC caption numbered “AS12-49-7318” with NASA MSC caption on the verso.
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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Lot Essay

One of the apollo 12 crewmen is photographed with tools and carrier for the Apollo Lunar Hand Tools (ALHT) during extravehicular activity on the surface of the Moon. Several footprints made by the two Apollo 12 crewmen during their EVA are seen in the foreground. While Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., commander, and Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot, descended in the LM to explore the lunar surface, Astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr., command module pilot, remained with the Command Service Modules in lunar orbit.

From NASA caption.