Apollo 15

Apollo 15

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English: Apollo 15 was the ninth manned mission in the Apollo program, the fourth mission to land on the Moon and the eighth successful manned mission. The launch occurred on July 26, 1971.

Prior to launch

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  Commander Dave Scott
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  Lunar Module Pilot Jim Irwin
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  Command Module Pilot Al Worden
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  The crew of Apollo 15
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  Another photograph of the crew
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  Commander Dave Scott during geology training in New Mexico on March 19, 1971
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  James Irwin, David Scott and Joe Allen during geology training in New Mexico
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  LRV 1G model, James Irwin and David Scott during geology training in New Mexico
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  View of Apollo 15 Service Module SIM Bay in June 1971
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  The planned traverses for Apollo 15.
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  Apollo 15 at launch pad. Lightning strikes at some distance, though it may seem it strikes the vehicle
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  rocket
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  LM Falcon and LRV at KSC
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  Apollo 15 LM & LRV at KSC
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  Apollo 15 rollout taken from the roof of Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)
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  LRV-1 at Boeing plant in Kent, Washington, prior to delivery to KSC
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Launch

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  Launch of Apollo 15
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  Medium distance photograph of launch
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  Another photograph of launch
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  launch

The Moon from orbit and The Earth from space

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  The view of Earth taken by Apollo 15 during TLC from the distance of about 25,000 to 30,000 nautical miles from Earth. South America can be seen from the center to the left. Central America is in the upper center with The Gulf of Mexico and Florida to the lower right of it. North America is in the upper right. The north-west part of Africa is in the lower right
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  Apollo 15 landing site as seen from orbit by the Mapping Camera. Actual landing site is marked by white circle
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  Hadley Rille area as seen from the Mapping Camera
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  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.
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  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.
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  Tsiolkovsky crater from the Apollo 15 CSM. Taken by Al Worden towards the end of 13th orbit.
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  The Mapping Camera image of Tsiolkovsky crater. Taken by Al Worden during his solo orbital operations
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  Mapping Camera photograph. Upper left is the large crater Aristarchus and to its right is Herodotus.
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  Earthrise as seen by the crew of Apollo 15 near the end of the their mission
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  Another shot of Earthrise
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  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.
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  This picture of the Tsiolkovsky crater on the far side of the Moon
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  This picture of the Einthoven crater on the far side of the Moon
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  Bessel crater
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  Prinz Crater
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  Mons Rümker
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  Ångström crater
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  Gruithuisen crater
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  Autolycus crater
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  Aristarchus and Herodotus craters
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  Falcon's descent stage on the plain at Hadley as seen by LRO in April, 2010. Parked LRV is to the right. ALSEP is to the upper left. Circled is Laser Ranging Retro - Reflector
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  Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter oblique photo of Hadley rille and the Apollo 15 landing site taken 20 July, 2011. The shadows of the descent stage of the LM Falcon and of the first LRV are visible. The sampling stations are easy to pick out.
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  Apollo 15 landing site as seen by the crew from orbit
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  Apollo 15 landing site labelled photo
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  Apollo 15 landing site from orbit (marked by the white arrow). Craters Aristillus (in the upper left) and Autolycus (lower)
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  Lunar eclipse
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  Solar Corona taken by Al Worden during his first full day of solo orbital operations, July 31, 1971
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  The Mapping Camera image of Mare Serenitatis (on the left) and Taurus-Littrow area. The future landing site of Apollo 17 is marked by A 17
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  The Mapping Camera image of Timocharis Crater

Hardware

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

Lunar surface

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  Silver Spur as seen by a telephoto image. It was named after Lee Silver.
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  Photo of Mt. Hadley Delta and St. George crater taken by Dave Scott during Stand - up EVA
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  Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot Jim Irwin took this photo from the ALSEP site at the start of the third EVA. It shows the LM on a 10 degree lean.
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  Apollo 15 Commander Dave Scott photographed the Lunar Rover at the end of the last EVA.
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  James Irwin beside LRV at the closeout of EVA 1. Mt. Hadley is in the background
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  James Irwin and LRV at the close-out of EVA-1
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  Boulder at Station 2
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  Station 2. Boulder on the slope of Mt. Hadley Delta
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  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.
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  A 500 mm telephoto lens photograph of the Falcon taken from Station 6 on EVA-2. To the LM's left is the ALSEP.
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  Central Station of ALSEP in the foreground and Lunar Surface Magnetometer
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  EVA 2. The Green boulder and Jim Irwin holding LRV
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  Vesicular boulder at Station 4 on the rim of Dune Crater. North-western slope of Mt. Hadley in the background
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   Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot James Irwin salutes the U.S. flag
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  On their final EVA, Apollo 15 astronauts created a small memorial to those astronauts known to have lost their lives.
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  The traverses undertaken by Dave Scott and Jim Irwin during Apollo 15.
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  Lunar Roving Vehicle
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  Apollo 15 on the moon
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  LM Falcon and LRV with Swann Hills in the background
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  Scott and LRV on the rim of Hadley Rille during EVA 3
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  Hadley Rille as seen by astronauts during EVA 1
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  Dave Scott and the drill
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  Hadley Rille
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  A view of significantly tilting LM Falcon
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  Scott sampling on the slope of Mt. Hadley Delta
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  David Scott on LRV prior to EVA
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  Falcon's descent stage engine bell buckled
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  The Genesis rock resting on its pedestal on the lunar surface
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  The Genesis pedestal after James Irwin has taken it apart
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  The commemorative sign on the Rover's console: "Man's First Wheels on the Moon. Delivered by Falcon, July 30, 1971"
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  Wolverine depression as seen by LROC on January 7, 2010. Scott and Irwin had to make a detour round this depression in the beginning of the traverse to Hadley Rille (EVA 3)
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  Boulders at the edge of Hadley Rille
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  Outcrop of horizontal layerings on the western wall of Hadley Rille
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  A crater filled with debris on the western wall of Hadley Rille
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  Dave Scott sampling at the boulder on the rim of Hadley Rille at Station 9a. Jim Irwin can be seen reflecting in Scott's visor
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  The Great Scott on the Lunar surface
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  Dave Scott at Station 10 heading for the rim of Hadley Rille to take photographs with 500-mm lens camera
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  Jim Irwin digging a trench at St. 8
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  This photo was taken by Jim Irwin on the way back from St. 10 to the LM
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  Jim Irwin strolling around "Falcon" while Dave Scott's parking the LRV
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  The feather and the hammer after Galileo experiment
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  The LRV at the final resting place. This photo was taken by Dave Scott at the very end of EVA-3
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  A composite window pan assembled from photos taken by D. Scott and J. Irwin through the LM windows prior to lift-off from the Moon
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Reentry

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  The capsule of Apollo 15 descends under only two good parachutes
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  The CM onboard the Okinawa

Post-landing

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  Jim Irwin addressing U.S.S. Okinawa personnel prior to post recovery dinner
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  Dave Scott pre - dinner address aboard recovery ship
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  Al Worden aboard recovery ship
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  The Apollo 15 Genesis Rock.
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  Dave Scott's space suit on display at the National Air and Space Museum
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  Jim Irwin's space suit on display at the National Air and Space Museum
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  Jim Irwin's space suit on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
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  First Day Cover displayed at the National Postal Museum
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  A sheet of paper with phrase "Hello Earth, greetings from Endeavour" written by Farouk El-Baz for Alfred Worden in nine languages.

Films

• 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

Radio transmission

• Scott performs experiment to prove Galelian theory ()