The Apollo 12 photographic observations of clouds produced by venting liquids into space were reduced and analyzed. The number of Baker-Nunn photographs required that film measurement and data processing be automated, and the microdensitometer was adapted to automatic digital operation. Computer programs were prepared to process the image-density measurements. A substantial selection of Apollo 12 data was processed; both hydrogen and oxygen clouds are represented. Some limited data were obtained from Apollo 13 and 14 missions. During the Apollo 12 data analysis, the theory and models of cloud phenomena were refined because the models were initially applied to inferior oxygen data from earlier missions. The reported observations of water dumps from Apollo 12 are also discussed, along with the use of the oxygen and hydrogen data from Apollo 12 photographs with the cloud models.


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    Title :

    Apollo contamination analysis


    Publication date :

    1971-12-01


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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