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Genesis Rock at the Lab

Title

Genesis Rock at the Lab

Subject

Genesis Rock

Description

David Scott inspects the "Genesis Rock" at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center (known as the Manned Spacecraft Center at the time).

Creator

NASA

Source

NASA Image and Video Library

Date

August 12, 1971

Rights

Public Domain

Relation

Background on the Genesis Rock can be found here: https://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15.spur.html

Format

Still Image

Identifier

Primary Sources

Coverage

Post-Flight

UUID

1cff4bb7-7f84-46c8-99b6-e592f834638b

Original Format

Still Image, black and white. Film camera.

Physical Dimensions

5769 x 3772

Image URL

https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/S71-43477/S71-43477~orig.jpg

Source URL

https://images.nasa.gov/details-S71-43477.html

Persons in the Photo

David Scott

Location of subject

Johnson Space Center

NASA Image ID

ap15-S71-43477

Collection

Discovery

Tags

David R. Scott, Genesis Rock, Geology, Johnson Space Center, lunar samples, post-flight

Citation

NASA, “Genesis Rock at the Lab,” The Apollo 15 Learning Hub, accessed May 8, 2025, https://apollo15hub.org/items/show/92.

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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