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First Looks at Lunar Samples

Title

First Looks at Lunar Samples

Subject

Lunar Samples

Description

Astronauts David R. Scott, left foreground, and James B. Irwin, right foreground, join the Manned Spacecraft Center's geologists in getting first looks at some of the first Apollo 15 samples to be opened in the Non-Sterile Nitrogen Processing Line in the MSC Lunar Receiving Laboratory (NASA).

Creator

NASA

Source

NASA Image and Video Library

Date

August 9, 1971

Rights

Public Domain

Format

Still Image

Identifier

Primary Sources

Coverage

Post-Flight

UUID

ed0a48ca-1241-4643-b170-2cb06a2cf93b

Original Format

Still Image, black and white. Film camera.

Physical Dimensions

4084 x 5811

Image URL

https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/S71-43203/S71-43203~orig.jpg

Source URL

https://images.nasa.gov/details-S71-43203.html

Persons in the Photo

David Scott, Jim Irwin

Location of subject

Johnson Space Center

NASA Image ID

ap15-S71-43203

Collection

Discovery

Tags

David R. Scott, Geology, James Irwin, Jim Irwin, Johnson Space Center, lunar samples, post-flight

Citation

NASA, “First Looks at Lunar Samples,” The Apollo 15 Learning Hub, accessed May 9, 2025, https://apollo15hub.org/items/show/88.

Output Formats

  • atom
  • csv
  • dcmes-xml
  • json
  • omeka-xml

Project Partners

Tracy L. Scott, Ph.D. (Associate Teaching Professor in Sociology at Emory University)

Col. David R. Scott

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