Apollo 15

Apollo 15 patch

Commander Dave Scott

Lunar Module Pilot Jim Irwin

Command Module Pilot Al Worden

The crew of Apollo 15

Another photograph of the crew

Commander Dave Scott during geology training in New Mexico on March 19, 1971

View of Apollo 15 Service Module SIM Bay in June 1971

The planned traverses for Apollo 15.

Launch of Apollo 15

Medium distance photograph of launch

Another photograph of launch

Hadley Rille area as seen from the Mapping Camera

Craters Carmichael and Hill. The black shape on the left is a thruster on the LM. It was taken during the 13th orbit of the Moon by Dave Scott.

A section of a panaromic camera photgraph showing a high resolution view of the landing site. Boulders are easily seen in the rille and the ground disturbed by the lunar module engine shows as a white patch at lower left.

Tsiolkovsky crater from the Apollo 15 CSM. Taken by Al Worden towards the end of 13th orbit.

Mapping Camera photograph. Upper left is the large crater Aristarchus and to its right is Herodotus.

Earthrise as seen by the crew of Apollo 15 near the end of the their mission

Another shot of Earthrise

The Moon as Apollo 15 travels back to Earth. Mare Australe is in the centre. The crater Humboldt is in the lower centre. Near the top on the terminator Vallis Schrödinger is visible, with Sikorsky crater cutting across it.

This picture of the Tsiolkovskiy crater on the far side of the Moon

This picture of the Einthoven crater on the far side of the Moon

Bessel crater

Prinz Crater

Mons Rümker

Ångström crater

Gruithuisen crater

Autolycus crater

Aristarchus and Herodotus craters

Apollo 15's Lunar Module Falcon as seen by the Command/Service Module Endeavour, during rendezvous.

Apollo 15's Command/Service Module Endeavour as seen by from the Lunar Module Falcon, during rendezvous.

Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot Al Worden during his EVA to retrieve film from cameras in the SIM bay. This is a frame from the a 16-mm film shot by Jim Irwin from the hatch.

Silver Spur as seen by a telephoto image. It was named after Lee Silver.

Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot Jim Irwin took this photo from that ALSEP at that start of the third EVA. It shows the LM on a 10 degree lean.

Apollo 15 Commander Dave Scott photographed the Lunar Rover at the end of the last EVA.

Boulder at Station 2

Taken at the double-core site by Jim Irwin on Apollo 15. It shows the view up the rille toward the northwest. Dave is at the Rover and the gnomon is on the ground at his right foot. Scan by Kipp Teague.

A 500 mm telephoto lens photograph of the Falcon taken from Station 6 on EVA-2. To the LM's left is the ALSEP.

 Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot James Irwin salutes the U.S. flag

On their final EVA, Apollo 15 astronauts created a small memorial to those astronauts known to have lost their lives.

The traverses undertaken by Dave Scott and Jim Irwin during Apollo 15.

Lunar Roving Module

Apollo 15 on moon

The capsule of Apollo 15 descends under only two good parachutes

The CM onboard the Okinawa

The Apollo 15 Genesis Rock.

Dave Scott's space suit on display at the National Air and Space Museum

Jim Irwin's space suit on display at the National Air and Space Museum

Training with the Rover

Video of Apollo 15 launch

TV footage of Endeavour as it docks with Falcon during the Transposition, Docking and Extraction.

Worden EVA

Endeavour filmed from Falcon after undocking

16 mm film of the landing starting from about 5000 feet

16 mm film onboard the Lunar Rover

Dave Scott drops a feather and a hammer at the same time

Film of the liftoff from the Moon as seen by the Lunar Rover

Film of liftoff from the Moon seen from inside the Lunar Module

Film of splashdown