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    Pioneering Lunar Observatory Placed on Moon by Apollo 16 Astronauts [Image 1 of 2]

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    Pioneering Lunar Observatory Placed on Moon by Apollo 16 Astronauts

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    02.04.2013

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    George Carruthers, left, and William Conway, a project manager at the Naval Research Institute, examine the gold-plated Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph, which housed the first observatory operated by man from a fixed platform outside the Earth. Apollo 16 astronauts placed the camera, invented by Carruthers, on the moon in April 1972. U.S. Naval Research Laboratory photo

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    Date Taken: 02.04.2013
    Date Posted: 07.03.2025 12:23
    Photo ID: 9148695
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