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ALSEP: Apollo’s Modular Lunar Experiments Laboratory

Although the US’ Moon landings were mostly made famous by the fact that it featured real-life human beings bunny hopping across the lunar surface, they weren’t there just for a refreshing stroll over ...
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In 1972, Apollo 17 carried five desert mice around the moon: Each had cosmic-ray detectors implanted beneath its scalp to measure deep-space radiation

Five tiny pocket mice traveled around the Moon aboard Apollo 17 in 1972, carrying radiation detectors that were implanted beneath their scalps. The experiment was designed to track high-energy ...
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The Apollo astronauts left mirrors on the Moon, and every night since, observatories have been bouncing lasers off them to measure the exact distance, which is why we know the ...

One of the quietest Apollo experiments is still doing science without a battery, a radio, or a moving part. It is not a telescope on the Moon. It is not a buried instrument or a forgotten antenna. It ...
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Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP)

Bellcomm, Inc Technical Library Collection, Accession XXXX-0093, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. The Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) was a self-contained ...
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Taking science to the moon : lunar experiments and the Apollo Program / Donald A. Beattie

From the jungle to Washington -- Early theories and questions about the Moon -- What do we do after Apollo? -- The United States Geological Survey joins our team -- Science payloads for Apollo: the ...