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July 20, 06:58 PM GMT
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1,500 - 2,500 USD
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[Apollo 12]
Alan Bean Collecting Lunar Soil Samples
Black & white photograph, 16 x 20 in., SIGNED and INSCRIBED in silver ink by Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean: "A great adventure for all / humans on our planet Earth ☆ / Alan Bean / Apollo 12 / Lunar Module Pilot"
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 in November of 1969, is clearly reflected in the visor of Bean's helmet.