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[APOLLO 12] | COLLECTING LUNAR SOIL SAMPLES. 19-20 NOVEMBER 1969.
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2,000 - 3,000 USD
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[APOLLO 12]
COLLECTING LUNAR SOIL SAMPLES. 19-20 NOVEMBER 1969.
Vintage NASA “Black Number” silver gelatin print, press captions printed in purple to verso. NASA image ID “NASA AS12-49-7278” printed in upper left margin in black.
Inscribed and signed by Alan Bean: "ALAN BEAN | APOLLO 12"
10 by 8 in. (approx. 25.4 by 20.3 cm.)
An incredible photograph of Alan Bean holding a special environmental sample container filled with lunar soil. A Hasselblad camera is mounted on the chest of his spacesuit, and Commander Pete Conrad, who took this image, is clearly reflected in Bean's helmet visor.