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View of lunar sample no. 15305 in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory
A close-up view of lunar sample no. 15305 in the Non-Sterile Nitrogen Processing Line (NNPL) in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL) at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). This sample, pictured on a small spatula in a lab technician's glove, is green and is one of six recently taken from container no. 173, made up of comprehensive fines from the Apennine Front, Site no. 7. Astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin took the sample during the second extravehicular activity (EVA), at a Ground Elapsed Time (GET) of 146:06.
Catalog Date: 13 August 1971
Film Type: 120mm
NASA image: S71-43050