A catalog is presented of the documentation of Apollo 15 samples using photographs and verbal descriptions returned from the lunar surface. Almost all of the Apollo 15 samples were correlated with lunar surface photographs, descriptions, and traverse locations. Where possible, the lunar orientations of rock samples were reconstructed in the lunar receiving laboratory, using a collimated light source to reproduce illumination and shadow characteristics of the same samples shown in lunar photographs. In several cases, samples were not recognized in lunar surface photographs, and their approximate locations are known only by association with numbered sample bags used during their collection. Tables, photographs, and maps included in this report are designed to aid in the understanding of the lunar setting of the Apollo 15 samples.


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    Title :

    Documentation of Apollo 15 samples


    Contributors:
    Sutton, R. L. (author) / Hait, M. H. (author) / Larson, K. B. (author) / Swann, G. A. (author) / Reed, V. S. (author) / Schaber, G. G. (author)

    Publication date :

    1972-04-01


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Documentation of APOLLO 15 Samples

    R. L. Sutton / M. H. Hait / K. B. Larson et al. | NTIS | 1972


    Preliminary documentation of the Apollo 15 samples

    Sutton, R. L. / Hait, M. H. / Wolfe, E. W. et al. | NTRS | 1971