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45. What was the astronauts’ task on the Moon?
44. - 46. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre
cevaplayınız. A) They got rid of the Moon dust sneaking into
their spacecraft and causing problems
Although Apollo 11 had made an imprecise
landing well outside the designated target B) They fixed the video cameras of Apollo 11 and
area, Apollo 12 succeeded, on November 19, 12 to use on the Moon
in making a pin-point landing in the Ocean of C) They dismounted some parts of the probe and
Storms. The astronauts remained on the Moon taking them back to the Earth
for thirty-one and a half hours, collecting samples
and retrieving parts of the unmanned probe for D) They unloaded various bulk such as rock
study. To improve the quality of television pictures samples brought from the Earth
from the Moon, a colour camera was carried on E) They made Sun observations and recording
Apollo 12. Unfortunately, when Bean carried the them via cameras
camera to the place near the lunar module where
it was to be set up, he inadvertently pointed it
directly into the Sun, destroying the vidicon tube.
Television coverage of this mission was thus
terminated almost immediately.

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44. Which of the following can be said about 46. We understand that one of the problems
Apollo 12 moon landing? experienced in Apollo 12 mission was ----.
A) It missed the predetermined spot and took A) the incorrect landing made by the spacecraft
place in an unexpected area
B) damaging an important video device by
B) It took place before Surveyor 3 landed in a mistake
nearby zone
C) having to stay on the Moon more than the
C) It was a very precise landing, unlike that of pre-planned duration
Apollo 11 landing
D) not being able to retrieve enough rock
D) Astronauts faced problems due to storms samples for analysis
experienced in the landing site
E) the colour camera’s working in monochrome
E) It took more than a full day to achieve for the mode
astronauts

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