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Moon Apollo Metric Albedo Mosaic v1

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The Apollo Metric Cameras were carried on the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 missions to map Earth’s Moon with a high degree of geometric fidelity. This PDS volume contains the "Apollo 15, 16, and 17…

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Moon Apollo Metric Mapping Camera Data v1

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The Apollo Metric Mapping Cameras were carried on the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 missions to map Earth’s Moon with a high degree of geometric fidelity. This archive collection consists of 7247 usable…

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Apollo Grover Historical Photo: B1

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James Irwin (left) and David Scott (right) drive Grover.

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Apollo Grover Historical Photo: B2

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James Irwin (left with checklist) and David Scott (right) drive Grover; closeup of seating area and camera.

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Apollo Grover Historical Photo: B3

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James Irwin with chest-mounted camera and David Scott (not visible) drive Grover.

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Apollo Grover Historical Photo: B4

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Charles Duke (left) and John Young (right) drive Grover; camera and transceiver covered in gold foil, fenders installed.

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Apollo Grover Historical Photo: B5

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Charles Duke (background) and John Young (foreground) drive Grover with canyon in background; panoramic view.

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Apollo Grover Historical Photo: B6

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Charles Duke (left) and John Young (right) drive Grover; camera and transceiver covered in gold foil, no fenders.

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Apollo Grover Historical Photo: B7

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Eugene Cernan (foreground) and Harrison Schmitt drive Grover; closeup of seating area.

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Apollo Grover Historical Photo: B8

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Eugene Cernan (foreground) and Harrison Schmitt drive Grover; fenders installed, note Apollo geologic tools in rear rack.

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Grover Photo Collection

http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/rpif/photos/grover-photo-collection

The Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle was an engineering miracle, but It would have collapsed on Earth under the weight of a suited astronaut. That's because it was designed to operate in lunar gravity,…

Grover - Geologic Rover

http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/rpif/videos/grover

The Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle was an engineering miracle, but It would have collapsed on Earth under the weight of a suited astronaut. That's because it was designed to operate in lunar gravity,…

Making Craters - Mare Tranquillitatis in Flagstaff Arizona

http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/rpif/videos/making-craters

The moon's Mare Tranquillitatis is an ancient plain of volcanic rock pocked with craters and coated with fine dust. In the 1960s, engineers and scientists in the U.S. Geological Survey's…

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Videos

http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/rpif/videos

The RPIF's 16-mm film collection contains historic films related to astronaut training, equipment field tests, geological expeditions and more.