Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Government agency: NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA)
Event Date: 1969-10-10
Medium: COLOR
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.237442

Inscriptions:
Recto, typed: NASA / S-69-55669; Verso, stamped: NASA NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION / HOUSTON, TEXAS 77058 / FOR RELEASE: / PHOTO NO. S-69-55669 [typed number] / THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS A GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION – NOT SUBJECT TO COPYRIGHT. / It may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NASA or by any NASA employee / of a commercial product, process, or service, or used in any other manner that might mis- / lead. Accordingly, it is requested that if this photograph is used in advertising, posters, / books, etc., layout and copy be submitted to NASA prior to release. NASA MSC also / requests written notification of any uses of this photograph in scientific-engineering projects; typed: COLOR / 10 OCT 1969 S-69-55669 / FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. / APOLLO 12 LUNAR SURFACE SIMULATION --- Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar / module pilot for the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission, is pictured / at a lunar surface simulation area near Flagstaff, Ariz., in training / for the Apollo 12 mission. Here, he is carrying a geological tool / container and has a lunar surface camera strapped to his body. The / topography in the Flagstaff area was modified to resemble the Moon’s / surface for astronauts to train for lunar surface extravehicular / activity. Other members of the Apollo 12 crew are Charles Conrad / Jr. and Richard F. Gordon Jr. Conrad, as Apollo 12 commander, / will explore the lunar surface with Bean, while Gordon, the mission’s / command module pilot, will remain in lunar orbit and man the Command / and service Modules; stamped: Please, do not alter / mark, or airbrush this / print. / Prints must be returned / after use. / Black Star, Library; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: AVIATION / APOLLO 12
Retouching: N