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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
Members of Apollo 15 crew sh …
Title Members of Apollo 15 crew shown with Lunar Roving Vehicle One-G trainer
Description Two members of the Apollo 15 prime crew are shown with the Lunar Roving Vehicle One-G trainer in bldg 5, Mission Simulation and Training Facility, Manned Spacecraft Center. Astronaut David R. Scott (on right) is the Apollo 15 commander, and Astronaut James B. Irwin is the lunar module pilot. A Lunar Roving Vehicle similar to this trainer will be used by Scott and Irwin during their Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity.
Date Taken 1971-01-29
View of activity in Mission …
Title View of activity in Mission Control Center after launch of Apollo 15
Description An overall, wide-angle lens view of activity in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center minutes after the launch of the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. Ground elapsed time was 45 minutes and 42 seconds when this photograph was taken.
Date Taken 1971-07-26
Seismometer readings studied …
Title Seismometer readings studied in Mission Control Center
Description The seismometer reading from the impact made by the Apollo 15 Saturn S-IVB stage when it struck the lunar surface is studied by scientists in the Mission Control Center. Dr. Gary Latham (dark suit, wearing lapel button) of Columbia University is responsible for the design and experiment data analysis of the Passive Seismic Experiment of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP). The man on the left, writing, is Nafi Toksos of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Looking on at upper left is Dave Lammlein, also with Columbia.
Date Taken 1971-07-29
View of activity in Mission …
Title View of activity in Mission Control Center during Apollo 15 EVA
Description Gerald D. Griffin, foreground, stands near his console in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) during Apollo 15's third extravehicular activity (EVA-3) on the lunar surface. Griffin is Gold Team (Shift 1) flight director for the Apollo 15 mission. Astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin can be seen on the large screen at the front of the MOCR as they participate in sample-gathering on the lunar surface.
Date Taken 1971-08-02
View of activity in Mission …
Title View of activity in Mission Control Center during Lunar Module liftoff
Description The liftoff from the Moon of the Apollo 15 Lunar Module "Falcon" ascent stage is viewed on the television monitor in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center by Granvil A. Pennington, an Instruments and Communications Systems Officer.
Date Taken 1971-08-02
View of activity in Mission …
Title View of activity in Mission Control Center during Lunar Module liftoff
Description A partial view of activity in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center during the liftoff of the Apollo 15 Lunar Module "Falcon" ascent stage from the lunar surface. An RCA color television camera mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle made it possible for people on Earth to watch the Lunar Module (LM) launch from the Moon. Seated in the right foreground is Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, a spacecraft communicator. Note liftoff on the television monitor in the center background.
Date Taken 1971-08-02
Apollo 15 news briefing
Title Apollo 15 news briefing
Description Newsmen put questions to Gerald D. Griffin, left at lecturn, a flight director for the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission, during a change of shift briefing in the Small Briefing Room in bldg 1 at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). Representing Public Affairs Office at the briefing is Terry White, right at lectern.
Date Taken 1971-07-29
Apollo 15 crew receive welco …
Title Apollo 15 crew receive welcome on arrival at Ellington Air Force Base
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 Taken 1971-08-08
View of activity in Mission …
Title View of activity in Mission Control Center during Apollo 15 lunar landing
Description An overall, wide-angle lens view of activity in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center during the landing of the Apollo 15 Lunar Module (LM) on the Moon. The LM "Falcon" touched down on the lunar surface at ground elapsed time of 104 hours 42 minutes 29 seconds.
Date Taken 1971-07-30
View of activity in Mission …
Title View of activity in Mission Control Center during Apollo 15 EVA
Description A view of activity in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in the Mission Control Center during the Apollo 15 extravehicular activity (EVA). Astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin can be seen on the large screen at the front of the MOCR as they participate in sample-gathering on the lunar surface.
Date Taken 1971-07-30
Plants growing in Apollo 15 …
Title Plants growing in Apollo 15 lunar material
Description A close view of germ free plants - lettuce (left), tomato (right center and left center) and citrus (right). This type of testing is an effort at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) to grow germ-free plants.
Date Taken 1971-10-01
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