Bean's Discovery
Recently, NASA released a photograph that previously had been unseen by the general public and indeed, by very few 'insiders' as well. Apollo 12 was the second spaceflight in the program to land humans on the Moon. During EVA II, on November 20th, 1969, Alan L. Bean caught a glint of something on the surface and veered momentarily from the mission's planned protocol (Archival sound footage reveals a "gasp-type" sound at 04:37:54 UTC). He immediately whipped out his Swinger and snapped a quick shot! It was later revealed that he had planned on taking a family snap of himself and Pete near Surveyor III with his Hasselblad and although this failed in the end, his "back-up" camera recorded something far more significant!
Although the reasoning behind NASA's publication of this photograph now is unknown, the press release did contain one tiny, little iota of information that was of interest: "As far as we know, no bottles of soft drinks of any kind were taken to the moon's surface during Apollo 11."
Bean's Discovery
Recently, NASA released a photograph that previously had been unseen by the general public and indeed, by very few 'insiders' as well. Apollo 12 was the second spaceflight in the program to land humans on the Moon. During EVA II, on November 20th, 1969, Alan L. Bean caught a glint of something on the surface and veered momentarily from the mission's planned protocol (Archival sound footage reveals a "gasp-type" sound at 04:37:54 UTC). He immediately whipped out his Swinger and snapped a quick shot! It was later revealed that he had planned on taking a family snap of himself and Pete near Surveyor III with his Hasselblad and although this failed in the end, his "back-up" camera recorded something far more significant!
Although the reasoning behind NASA's publication of this photograph now is unknown, the press release did contain one tiny, little iota of information that was of interest: "As far as we know, no bottles of soft drinks of any kind were taken to the moon's surface during Apollo 11."