[Illustration: 88. The Apollo Lunar Hand Tool Carrier holds 32
kilograms (70 pounds) of equipment, including a trenching tool, two
geology scoops, four rock bags, a portable magnetometer, and five
cameras.]
Penetrometer
Tongs
Extension handle
Core tube caps assy.
Color chart & traverse map
Core tubes
16mm camera
Camera staff
35-bag dispenser
Core tubes
Scoop
Hammer
Lens/brush
Gnomon
Most tools and other pieces of equipment used by Apollo astronauts on
the Moon were left behind as the astronauts departed to return to the
Earth. This was done to conserve weight in the lunar module ascent stage
so that the maximum quantity of samples of lunar soil and rocks could be
brought back to the Earth.
Some tools and pieces of equipment, however, were returned to the Earth.
These include such items as a lunar hammer, a 16-mm camera, film
cassettes, lunar sample return containers, parts of a lunar roving
vehicle fender, and parts of the unmanned spacecraft _Surveyor 3_
visited by _Apollo 12_ astronauts.
In addition, astronauts carried small mementos with them when they
landed on the Moon.
Other lunar tools and instruments on exhibit were backup, prototype, or
used by the astronauts in pre-flight training.
The lunar hammer is on loan from Alan L. Bean; other tools and
instruments are from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
[Illustration: 89. An Apollo lunar sample return container. In this
view, the rock box contains sample material and core tubes.]