The instrument packages were supposed to be his first priority.

The rest of the instrument package was left on the lunar surface.

The instrument packages were supposed to be his first prior- ity.

Deployment phase: The instrument package is dropped to the sea floor.

Operations phase: The instrument package is on the sea floor.

In this instance the instrument package is usually lost.

The instrument packages held their own power supplies and would have stayed lit through a nuclear attack.

"It wouldn't be anything more than the dropping of an instrument package?"

A cloud of individual fliers and many small instrument packages took off.

The instrument package would record pressure, temperature, electrical phenomena and wind.