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| NASA Sues Ex-Astronaut Mitchell Over Moon Camera |
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A 16mm camera that went to the moon with astronaut Edgar Mitchell on Apollo 14. NASA is suing Mitchell to get back the "Data Acquisition Camera." The lawsuit filed Thursday, June 30, 2011 in South Florida federal court contends Mitchell recently tried to sell the camera at an auction. NASA says there's no record that the device was ever transferred to Mitchell and the agency wants it back. AP Photo/U.S. Department of Justice.
By: Curt Anderson, AP Legal Affairs Writer
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MIAMI (AP).- NASA is suing former astronaut Edgar Mitchell to get back a camera that went to the moon on the Apollo 14 mission.
The lawsuit filed Thursday in South Florida federal court contends Mitchell recently tried to sell the camera at an auction. NASA says there's no record that the device was ever transferred to Mitchell and NASA wants it back.
Mitchell became the sixth person to walk on the moon during the 1971 Apollo 14 mission. He now lives in Lake Worth. A phone number listed for him is disconnected and there was no immediate indication Friday he had an attorney.
The 16mm camera is known as a Data Acquisition Camera. It was one of two that went to the moon on Apollo 14.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
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