NASA Photo ID: S72-37260           File Name: 10075909.jpg
Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 11/30/72
Title: Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment equipment
Description:
Table-top views of some of the Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment
equipment.  Included are the Geophone Module and Cable Reels of the Lunar
Seismic  Profiling Experiment (S-203), a component of the Apollo Lunar
Surface  Experiments Package which will be carried on the Apollo 17 lunar
landing  mission. After it is triggered, the experiment will settle down
into a  passive listening mode, detecting Moonquakes, meteorite impacts and
the thump  caused by the Lunar Module ascent stage impact (37259); The
remote antenna  for the Lunar Seismic Profiling Experiment (S-203) (37260).              

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