[Apollo 12] PETE CONRAD DEPLOYING SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS ON THE LUNAR SURFACE Alan Bean, 14-24 N...

[Apollo 12] PETE CONRAD DEPLOYING SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS ON THE LUNAR SURFACE Alan Bean, 14-24 November 1969 Printed 1969. Vintage chromogenic print on early resin coated Kodak paper [NASA image AS12-47-6919]. With 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the reverse (issued by NASA). 20.3 x 25.4 cm. (8 x 10 in.) Historical context Alan Bean captured this photograph of Pete Conrad at the scientific site (ALSEP site), located about 500 feet from the Intrepid Lunar Module, after deploying the Central Station. Conrad holds deployment tools in his hands, with his Hasselblad camera clearly visible on his chest. In the foreground, the yet-undeployed magnetometer and Bean's shadow add depth to the scene. Together, Conrad and Bean set up instruments designed to measure the Moon's seismic activity, solar wind flux, and magnetic field—transmitting valuable long-term data back to Earth. This mission marked the establishment of the first complete nuclear-powered ALSEP station on the lunar surface. Alan Bean on the reality of deploying lunar experiments: 'That is the Moon exploration. You're trying to plant these little experiments, which, at the time, you don't care whether they're seismometers, magnetometers, solar winds; you just have to put that particular device level and pointed north or something like that. And so, you're really not doing anything, more than, like, housekeeping, almost.' —Alan Bean (Chaikin, Voices, p. 77) Footnotes: Watch more CLICK HERE: Apollo 12 - Pinpoint For Science (1970) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing