296. [Apollo 12] PETE CONRAD DEPLOYING THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC SITE ON THE OCEAN OF STORMS Alan Bean, 14-24 November 1969 Printed 1969. Vintage chromogenic print on early resin coated Kodak paper [NASA image AS12-47-6921]. With "A Kodak Paper" watermark on the reverse (issued by NASA). 20.3 x 25.4 cm. (8 x 10 in.) Historical context Science on the Moon—Apollo 12's research station takes shape. This scenic photograph captures Pete Conrad carefully aligning the antenna on the Central Station, ensuring power and communication for the deployed experiments. Nearby, in the Centre background, are additional components of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP), which would relay long-term data back to Earth. The Lunar Surface Magnetometer, set up by Alan Bean, is prominently visible in the foreground in front of a small crater near the science station. Just behind Conrad, the smaller of two lunar mounds near the ALSEP deployment site rises against the barren landscape. From the mission transcript when the photograph was taken: 117:40:50 Bean: Okay, Pete, let me take a couple of pictures of this. Ack! I'm really... 117:40:58 Conrad: What are you mumbling about over there? 117:41:00 Bean: Well, I just don't like all that dirt on it; don't know what we can do, though. There's no way to work around it. The radiator's got a little dirt on it, and there's no way to dust it off, there's no way to... All you can do is tap it a little bit and hope some of it falls off and that's about it. Don't want to tap it too hard. (Pause) That's the best I can do. Okay, (that's finished). (Long Pause while he takes the pictures)