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View of model of Scientific
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View of model of Scientific Instrument Module to be flown on Apollo 15 |
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Close-up view of a scale model of the Scientific Instrument Module (SIM) to be flown for the first time on the Apollo 15 mission. Mounted in a previously vacant sector of the Apollo service module, the SIM carries specialized cameras and instrumentation for gathering lunar orbit scientific data. |
| Date Taken |
1970-08-28 |
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View of Scientific Instrumen
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View of Scientific Instrument Module to be flown on Apollo 15 |
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Close-up view of the Scientific Instrument Module (SIM) to be flown for the first time on the Apollo 15 mission. Mounted in a previously vacant sector of the Apollo Service Module, the SIM carries specialized cameras and instrumentation for gathering lunar orbit scientific data. |
| Date Taken |
1971-06-27 |
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Artist's concept showing lun
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Artist's concept showing lunar subsatellite ejected into lunar orbit |
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An artist's concept showing TRW's small lunar subsatellite being ejected into lunar orbit from the SIM bay of the Apollo 15 Service Module. The 80 pound satellite will remain in orbit a year or more, carrying scientific experiments to study space in the vicinity of the Moon. The satellite carries three experiments: S-Band Transponder, Particle Shadows/Boundary Layer Experiment, and Subsatellite Magnetometer Experiment. |
| Date Taken |
1971-06-30 |
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Artist's concept Apollo 15 C
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Artist's concept Apollo 15 Command/Service Modules astronauts performing EVA |
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An artist's concept of the Apollo 15 Command/Service Modules, showing two crewmen performing a new Apollo extravehicular activity. The figure at left represents Astronaut Alfred M. Worden, Command Module (CM) pilot, connected by an umbilical tether to the CM. At right, a figure representing Astronaut James B. Irwin, Lunar Module pilot, stands at the open CM hatch. Worden is working with the panoramic camera in the Scientific Instrument Module (SIM). Behind Irwin is the 16mm data acquisition camera. |
| Date Taken |
1971-07-09 |
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Astronaut Alfred Worden floa
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Astronaut Alfred Worden floats in space outside spacecraft during EVA |
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Astronaut Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot of the Apollo 15 mission, floats in space outside of the spacecraft during his transearth extravehicular activity (EVA). This picture was taken from a frame of motion picture film exposed by the 16mm Maurer camera mounted on the hatch of the Command Module. During his EVA Worden made on inspection of the Service Module's Scientific Instrument Module (SIM) bay and retrieved the film cassettes from the Panoramic Camera and Mapping Camera. The EVA occurred when the spacecraft was homeward bound approximately 171,000 nautical miles from Earth. |
| Date Taken |
1971-08-05 |
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View of crater Humboldt as p
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View of crater Humboldt as photographed by Apollo 15 |
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An oblique view of the crater Humboldt as photographed by the Fairchild metric camera in the SIM bay of the Apollo 15 Command/Service Module in lunar orbit. Humboldt, which is 200 kilometers, (124 statute miles) in diameter, is located at 81 degrees east longitude and 27 degrees south latitude. |
| Date Taken |
1971-08-25 |
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View of crater Paracelsus on
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View of crater Paracelsus on lunar farside as photographed by Apollo 15 |
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A near vertical view of the crater Paracelsus (formerly called I.A.U. crater 365) on the lunar farside, as photographed by the Fairchild metric camera in the SIM bay of the Apollo 15 Command/Service Module in lunar orbit. Note mountain peak in center of Paracelsus. The coordinates of the center of Paracelsus are 163 degrees east longitude and 23 degrees south latitude. The second largest crater in the picture is identified as number 364 by the I.A.U. |
| Date Taken |
1971-08-25 |
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View of crater Tsiolkovsky o
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View of crater Tsiolkovsky on lunar farside as photographed by Apollo 15 |
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A near vertical view of the crater Tsiolkovsky on the lunar farside, as photographed by the Fairchild metric camera in the SIM bay of the Apollo 15 Command/Service Module in lunar orbit. This view is looking northerly. The coordinates of the crater's central peaks are 128 degrees east longitude and 20 degrees south latitude. The mare area measured from east to west is approximately 145 kilometers (about 90 statute miles) across. |
| Date Taken |
1971-08-25 |
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View of crater Proclus on lu
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View of crater Proclus on lunar nearside as photographed by Apollo 15 |
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An oblique view of the crater Proclus on the lunar nearside, as photographed by the Fairchild metric camera in the SIM bay of the Apollo 15 Command/Service Module in lunar orbit. This view is looking north. The Sea of Crisis is at upper right. Proclus, which is 28 kilometers (16.58 statute miles) in diameter, is located at 47 degrees east longitude and 16 degrees north latitude. The Marsh of Sleep is at lower left. A small portion of the Sea of Tranquility can be seen at upper left. The crater Macrobius is located at upper left. |
| Date Taken |
1971-08-25 |
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View of Hadley-Apennine area
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View of Hadley-Apennine area, looking north, photographed by Apollo 15 |
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An oblique view of the Hadley-Apennine area, looking north, as photographed by the Fairchild metric camera in the SIM bay of the Apollo 15 Command/Service Module in lunar orbit. Hadley Rille meanders through the lower center of the picture. The Apennine Mountains are at lower right. The Apollo 15 Lunar Module touchdown point is on the east side of the "chicken beak" of Hadley Rille. The Caucasus Mountains are at upper right. The dark mare area at the extreme upper right is a portion of the Sea of Serenity. The Marsh of Decay is at lower left. The large crater near the horizon is Aristillus, which is about 55 kilometers (34.18 statute miles) in diameter. The crater just to the south of Aristillus is Autolycus, which is about 40 kilometers (35 statute miles) in diameter. The crater Cassini is barely visible on the horizon at upper right. |
| Date Taken |
1971-08-25 |
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View of Schroeter's Valley a
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View of Schroeter's Valley and crater Aristarchus photographed by Apollo 15 |
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An oblique view of Schroeter's Valley and the crater Aristarchus, as photographed by the Fairchild metric camera in the SIM bay of the Apollo 15 Command/Service Module in lunar orbit. This view is looking south. The large, bright-appearing crater to the left of the head of meandering Schroeter's Valley is Aristarchus, the center of which is located at 48 degrees west longitude and 24 degrees north latitude. The crater Aristarchus is approximately 35 kilometers (about 21.75 statute miles) in diameter. The head of Schroeter's Valley, a sinuous rille in the Aristarchus Plateau in the Ocean of Storms, is called Cobra Head. Herodotus is the crater just above and to the right of Cobra Head in upper center. |
| Date Taken |
1971-08-25 |
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