ALSEP
Noun
Meaning
ALSEP (uncountable)
Initialism of Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package.
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After ALSEP deployment, they collected samples in the vicinity.
Following their stop at Buster, Young did a demonstration drive of the lunar rover while Duke filmed with a 16 mm movie camera. citation After completing more tasks at the ALSEP, they returned to the LM to close out the moonwalk.
The Cold Cathode Gauge Experiment (CCGE) which was part of the ALSEP on Apollo 13 was never flown again.
Once back at the landing site, Scott continued to try to drill holes for an experiment at the ALSEP site, with which he had struggled the day before.
On returning to the LM Falcon, Scott and Irwin deployed the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP).
The instruments were part of the first complete nuclear-powered ALSEP station set up by astronauts on the Moon to relay long-term data from the lunar surface.