Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Apollo 15: Driving on the Moon
Explanation:
Apollo 15 [ http://ees5-www.lan…] astronaut James Irwin [ http://ees5-www.lan…] works on the first Lunar Roving Vehicle [ http://www.nasm.edu…], before he and fellow astronaut David Scott [ http://ees5-www.lan…] take it out for a drive. Sloping up behind the lunar module [ http://www.nasm.edu…] "Falcon" on the left are lunar mountains Hadley Delta [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and Apennine Front, while about 5 kilometers behind Irwin is St. George Crater. The explorations conducted during the Apollo lunar missions discovered much about our Moon [ http://www.nasm.edu…], including that the Moon is made of ancient rock, that the Moon's composition is similar to Earth's, that life is not evident there, that the Moon underwent a great hot melting in its distant past, that the Moon has suffered from numerous impacts as shown by its craters, and that the Moon's surface is covered by a layer of rock fragments and dust.
Credit and Copyright:
Apollo 15, David Scott, NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
facet_who:
David Scott
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Crater
facet_what:
Apollo 15
facet_what:
moon
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap960223

Apollo 15: Driving on the Moon
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