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Apollo 12 Solar Wind Composition Deployment

United States of America · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1969

Charles Conrad19 November 1969

Oceanus Procellarum · Science / Astronomy

Deploys the Apollo 12 Solar Wind Composition foil on the lunar surface so particles in the solar wind can be collected for return to Earth.

Names involved

Charles Conrad

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