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Lunar Roving Vehicle
Title Lunar Roving Vehicle
Full Description The Lunar Roving Vehicle is photographed alone against the lunar background during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. This view is looking north. The west edge of Mount Hadley is at the upper right edge of the picture. Mount Hadley is at the upper right edge of the picture. It rises approximately 4,500 meters (about 14,765 feet) above the plain. The most distant lunar feature visible is approximatley 25 kilometers (about 15.5 statute miles) away.
Date 08/01/1971
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 15 Crew and Family Me …
Title Apollo 15 Crew and Family Members
Full Description The three Apollo 15 crew receive a welcome on their arrival at Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, Texas, after en eight-hour flight aboard a U.S. Air Force C-141 jet aircraft from Hawaii. Left to right are: Astronauts David R. Scott, Alfred M. Worden and James B. Irwin. Members of the astronaut's families identified in picture are left to right: Scott's daughter, Tracy, Worden's father, Merrill Worden, Worden's daughter, Merrill, and Irwin's two daughters, Joy and Jill.
Date 08/08/1971
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 15 Rollout
Title Apollo 15 Rollout
Full Description The 363-foot tall Apollo Saturn V space vehicle is leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Florida. The Saturn V stack and its mobile launch tower are atop a crawler-transporter. The "stack" and the VAB are reflected in the turning basin.
Date 05/11/1971
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 15 Saturn V Launch
Title Apollo 15 Saturn V Launch
Full Description The 363-foot tall Apollo 15 Saturn V is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 9:34:00.79 a.m., July 26, 1971, on a lunar landing mission. Note that the launch is reflected in a body of water across from the launch complex.
Date 06/26/1971
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Roving Hills
Title Roving Hills
Full Description David R. Scott, Commander of Apollo 15, works at the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during the third lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) of the mission at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. Hadley Rille is at the right center of the picture. Hadley Delta, in the background, rises approximately 4,000 meters (about 13,124 feet) above the plain. St. George Crater is partially visible at the upper right edge. This photograph was taken by Lunar Module pilot James B. Irwin. This view is looking almost due South.
Date 08/01/1971
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Scott Gives Salute
Title Scott Gives Salute
Full Description Astronaut David R. Scott, commander, gives a military salute while standing beside the deployed U.S. flag during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. The flag was deployed toward the end of EVA-2. The Lunar Module "Falcon" is partially visible on the right. Hadley Delta in the background rises approximately 4,000 meters (about 13,124 feet) above the plain. The base of the mountain is approximately 5 kilometers (about 3 statute miles) away. This photograph was taken by Astronaut James B. Irwin, Lunar Module pilot.
Date 08/01/1971
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Scott on Slope of Hadley Del …
Title Scott on Slope of Hadley Delta
Full Description Astronaut David R. Scott, mission commander, with tongs and gnomon in hand, studies a boulder on the slope of Hadley Delta during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity. The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) or Rover is in right foreground. View is looking slightly south of west. "Bennett Hill" is at extreme right. Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, took this photograph.
Date 08/01/1971
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Scott on the Rover
Title Scott on the Rover
Full Description David R. Scott, Apollo 15 Commander, is seated in the Rover, Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during the first lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA-1) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site.
Date 07/31/1971
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
The Apollo 15 Prime Crew
Title The Apollo 15 Prime Crew
Full Description The prime crew of the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. They are from left to right: Commander, David R. Scott, Command Module pilot, Alfred M. Worden and Lunar Module pilot, James B. Irwin. The Apollo 15 emblem is in the background.
Date 06/28/1971
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Irwin Loads-up the Rover
Title Irwin Loads-up the Rover
Full Description Apollo 15 Lunar Module pilot James B. Irwin loads-up the "Rover", Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) with tools and equipment in preparation for the first lunar extravehicular activity (EVA-1) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. A portion of the Lunar Module (LM) "Falcon" is on the left. The undeployed Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector (LR-3) lies atop the LM's Modular Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA). This view is looking slightly West of South. Hadley Delta and the Apennine Front are in the background to the left. St. George crater is approximately 5 kilometers (about 3 statute miles) in the distance behind Irwin's head.
Date 07/31/1971
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Irwin next to Rover
Title Irwin next to Rover
Full Description Astronaut James B. Irwin, Lunar Module pilot, works at the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the first Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA-1) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. The shadow of the Lunar Module "Falcon" is in the foreground. This view is looking northeast, with Mount Hadley in the background. This photograph was taken by Astronaut David R. Scott, Commander.
Date 07/31/1971
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Irwin Scoops up Soil
Title Irwin Scoops up Soil
Full Description Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, uses a scoop in making a trench in the lunar soil during Apollo 15 extravehicular activity (EVA). Mount Hadley rises approximately 14,765 feet (about 4,500 meters) above the plain in the background.
Date 08/02/1971
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Kitty Hawk" Nears Splashdown
Title Kitty Hawk" Nears Splashdown
Full Description The Apollo 15 Command Module "Kitty Hawk", with Astronauts David R. Scott, Alfred M. Worden and James B. Irwin aboard, nears a safe touchdown in the mid-Pacific Ocean to end their lunar landing mission. Although causing no harm to the crewmen, one of the three main parachutes failed to function properly. The splashdown occurred at 3:45:53 p.m., August 7, 1971, some 330 miles north of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Date 08/07/1971
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Moon Mare and Montes
Title Moon Mare and Montes
Explanation This arresting [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap991108.html ] image of the third quarter moon in the excellent skies above the Pine Crest Farm Observatory, Dell Prairie, Wisconsin, was recorded [ http://www.scancam.com/ ] with a 24 inch telescope and digital camera on October 19. Marvelously detailed [ http://www.seds.org/billa/psc/lunam.html ], especially along the terminator or shadow line between lunar night [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960919.html ] and day, this cropped version of the full mosaicked image shows the cratered north polar region (top) and the broad smooth Mare Imbrium [ http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/planet_volcano/lunar/ mare/mlm.html ]. Notable at the northern edge [ http://www.arval.org.ve/MoonMapen.htm ] of the Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) is the 95 kilometer wide dark crater Plato, while the dramatic straight "cut" to the right of Plato, (toward the terminator) is the Vallis Alpes (Alpine Valley). The long, graceful arc of the lunar [ http://www.tiac.net/users/richarde/ ] Montes Apenninus (Apennine Mountains) in the lower portion of the image sweeps southward along the boundary of the mare toward the left and ends near the bright ray crater [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001216.html ] Copernicus [ http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/expmoon/orbiter/ orbiter-craters.html#COPER ] at the picture's edge. In 1971, Apollo 15 [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15j.html ] landed near the gap beyond the opposite (northern) end of the Montes Apenninus arc.
Astronaut Kicks Lunar Field …
Title Astronaut Kicks Lunar Field Goal
Explanation Score three points for NASA. With time running out late in Apollo 15 [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/frame.html ]'s mission to the Moon [ http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/luna.html ] in 1971, Astronaut David Scott [ http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/expmoon/Apollo15/A15_Overview_crew.html ] prepared to "split the uprights" and bring about yet another dramatic end-of-the-mission win for NASA. Scott used a special "lunar football [ http://www.nfl.com/ ]" designed for the rugged games held on the Moon [ http://www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/curator/lunar/lunar.htm ]. R1D1, a predecessor to R2D2 [ http://www.starwars.com/ ], cheers from the sideline. Happy April Fools Day [ http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/grad/april_fools/citizen_article.html ] from the folks at APOD [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960616.html ]. In reality, Astronaut Scott [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-15/apollo-15.html ] adjusts one of Apollo 15's lunar experiments [ http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/expmoon/Apollo15/A15_Science.html ]. The foreground device [ http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/expmoon/Apollo15/A15_Experiments_SWS.html ] actually measured high-energy particles [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970217.html ] that escape from the Sun [ http://www.hawastsoc.org/solar/eng/sun.htm ].
Lunar Module photographed ag …
Title Lunar Module photographed against lunarscape during Apollo 15 EVA
Description The Lunar Module (LM) "Falcon" is photographed against the barren lunarscape during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. This view is looking southeast. The Apennine Front is in the left background, and Hadley Delta is in the right background. The object next to the flag is the Solar Wind Composition experiment. Last Crater is to the right of the LM. Note bootprints and tracks of the Lunar Roving Vehicle. The light spherical object at the top is a reflection in the lens of the camera.
Date 07.31.1971
Astronaut David Scott on slo …
Title Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta during Apollo 15 EVA
Description Astronaut David R. Scott in front of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the Apollo 15 mission's third extravehicular activity (EVA-3). He is standing in the Hadley Delta. Note the footprints all around him.
Date 08.01.1971
Astronaut David Scott on slo …
Title Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta during Apollo 15 EVA
Description Astronaut David R. Scott, mission commander, performs a task at the Lunar Roving Vehicle parked on the edge of Hadley Rille during the first Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA-1). This photograph was taken by Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, from the flank of St. George Crater. The view is looking north along the rille.
Date 07.31.1971
Astronaut David Scott on slo …
Title Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta during Apollo 15 EVA
Description Astronaut David R. Scott, mission commander, standing on the slope of Hadley Delta, uses a 70mm camera during Apollo 15 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. He is some 10.5 miles (or 17.5 kilometers) from the base of the Apennine Mountains seen in the background. Scott carries tongs in his left hand. The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) or Rover is in the background. This view is looking east.
Date 07.31.1971
Astronaut David Scott on slo …
Title Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta during Apollo 15 EVA
Description Astronaut David R. Scott, mission commander, with tongs and gnomon in hand, studies a boulder on the slope of Hadley Delta during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity. The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) or Rover is in right foreground. View is looking slightly south of west. "Bennett Hill" is at extreme right. Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, took this photograph.
Date 08.01.1971
David Scott
Title David Scott
Description Dr. David R. Scott was appointed Director of NASA's Flight Research Center on April 18, 1975. From August 1973 he served as Deputy Director of FRC and was appointed acting director in January 1975. He is retired from the U.S. Air Force where he held the rank of Colonel. Dave left the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on October 30, 1977 after the Center had been renamed in honor of Hugh L. Dryden. As a NASA astronaut, Scott flew on Gemini 8, Apollo 9 and was spacecraft commander of Apollo 15. When he left the astronaut corps in 1972, Scott was named Technical Assistant to the Apollo Program Manager at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Later he served as Special Assistant for Mission Operations and Government Funded Equipment. Dave earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from the United States Military Academy in 1954, standing fifth in a class of 633, and the degrees of Bachelor and Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1962. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Astronautical Science from the University of Michigan in 1971. Dave has graduated from the Air Force Experimental Test Pilot School and Aerospace Research Pilot School. He has over 5,600 hours flying time along with 20 hours of extra vehicular activity (EVA) time. Dr. Scott is a Fellow of the American Astronautical Society, Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and Sigma Gamma Tau. Among Dr. Scott's special honors are two NASA Distinguished Service Medals, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, two Air Force Distinguished Service Medals, the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Force Association's David C. Schilling Trophy, and the Robert J. Collier Trophy for 1971.
Date 01.01.1975
Telephoto lens view of Silve …
Title Telephoto lens view of Silver Spur in the Hadley Delta region from Apollo 15
Description A telephoto lens view of the prominent feature called Silver Spur in the Hadley Delta region, photographed during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. The distance from the camera to the spur is about 10 miles. The field of view across the bottom is about one mile. Structural formations in the mountain are clearly visible. There are two major units. The upper unit is characterized by massive subunits, each one of which is approximately 200 feet deep. The lower major unit is characterized by thinner bedding and cross bedding.
Date 07.31.1971
View of portion of "relative …
Title View of portion of "relatively fresh" crater as photographed by Apollo 15
Description A close-up view of a portion of a rock-strewn "relatively fresh" crater, looking southeast, as photographed during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. The Apennine Front is in the left background, and Hadley Delta is in the right background.
Date 07.31.1971
View of St. George crater an …
Title View of St. George crater and rille as seen by Apollo 15
Description A view of of the St. George crater and rille as photographed by the Apollo 15 astronauts during their third extravehicular activity (EVA-3).
Date 08.01.1971
Solar corona photographed fr …
Title Solar corona photographed from Apollo 15 one minute prior to sunrise
Description The solar corona, as photographed from Apollo 15 about one minute prior to sunrise on July 31, 1971, is seen just beyond the lunar horizon. The bright object on the opposite side of the frame is the planet Mercury. The bright star near the frame center is Regulus, and the lesser stars form the head of the constellation Leo. Mercury is approximately 28 degrees from the center of the sun. The solar coronal streamers, therefore, appear to extend about eight degrees from the sun's center.
Date Taken 1971-07-31
Launch of the Apollo 15 spac …
Title Launch of the Apollo 15 space vehicle
Description The 363-foot tall Apollo 15 (Spacecraft 112/Lunar Module 10/Saturn 510) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 9:34:00.79 a.m., July 26, 1971, on a lunar landing mission.
Date Taken 1971-06-27
Apollo 15 command module nea …
Title Apollo 15 command module nears touchdown in mid-Pacific Ocean to end mission
Description The Apollo 15 Command Module, with Astronauts David R. Scott, Alfred M. Worden and James B. Irwin aboard, nears a safe touchdown in the mid-Pacific Ocean to end lunar landing mission. Although causing no harm to the crewmen, one of the three main parachutes failed to function properly. The splashdown occurred at 3:45:53 p.m., August 7, 1971, some 330 miles north of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Date Taken 1971-08-07
Launch of the Apollo 15 spac …
Title Launch of the Apollo 15 space vehicle
Description The 363-foot tall Apollo 15 (Spacecraft 112/Lunar Module 10/Saturn 510) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 9:34:00.79 a.m., July 26, 1971, on a lunar landing mission. Note that the launch is reflected in a body of water across from the launch complex.
Date Taken 1971-06-27
Apollo 15 Command Module tou …
Title Apollo 15 Command Module touches down in mid-Pacific Ocean
Description The Apollo 15 Command Module touches down in the mid-Pacific Ocean to conclude a successful lunar landing mission. Although causing no harm to the crewmen, one of the three main parachutes failed to function properly. The splashdown occured at 3:45:53 p.m., August 7, 1971, some 330 miles north of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Date Taken 1971-08-07
Apollo 15 Command Module tou …
Title Apollo 15 Command Module touches down in mid-Pacific Ocean
Description The Apollo 15 Command Module touches down in the mid-Pacific Ocean to conclude a successful lunar landing mission. Although causing no harm to the crewmen, one of the three main parachutes failed to function properly. The splashdown occured at 3:45:53 p.m., August 7, 1971, some 330 miles north of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Date Taken 1971-08-07
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