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Fletcher and von Braun at Ap
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Fletcher and von Braun at Apollo 15 launch |
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Recently appointed NASA Administrator Dr. James C. Fletcher, left, and Dr. Wernher von Braun, Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning, monitor Apollo 15 prelaunch activities in Firing Room 1 of the Launch Control Center and the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. |
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07/26/1971 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Apollo 15 Saturn V Space Vehicle soars into the skies after liftoff at Launch Pad 39A marking the beginning of NASA's fourth Manned Lunar Landing Mission. The astronauts aboard are David R. Scott, commander, James B. Irwin, Lunar Module pilot, and Alfred M. Worden Jr., Command Module pilot. The landing site for the Lunar Module is the Hadley-Apennine area of the Moon, about 465 miles north of the Lunar Equator. The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) will be used for the first time. |
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07/26/1971 |
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