Page 89 - Apollo Moonships

The moon buggy 87
TRENCHING TOOL
The astronauts used this shovel to dig into the lunar soil or remove it.
PENETROMETER
This instrument allowed the astronauts to measure the firmness or resistance of the lunar soil.
E1
F1
D1
COMMUNICATION RELAY SYSTEM
Once attached to the Rover, this unit could transmit directly to Earth the images captured by the TV camera mounted on the Lunar Rover.
F2
BULK SAMPLE SCOOP
Using this device, the astronauts could easily collect large samples of lunar soil.
F3
A9 A4
A8
A7
A5
A12
B1
A1
A2
A3
C1
A11 A10
LUNAR DUST BRUSH
LASER RANGING RETROREFLECTOR
This device—planted on the moon by Apollos 11, 14, and 15—is still used to accurately measure the distance between the satellite and the Earth at any moment.
GNOMON
The sun’s shadow projected by this device allowed for the determination of the scale and orientation of the rocks photographed by astronauts prior to being collected.
The rocks collected on the moon were cleaned of soil particles with this brush.