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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

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

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

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

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

Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta during Apollo 15 EVA

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 Taken	1971-07-31

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 Taken	1971-07-31

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 Taken	1971-08-01

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 Taken	1971-08-01

Astronaut David Scott gives salute beside U.S. flag during EVA

Title	Astronaut David Scott gives salute beside U.S. flag during EVA
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 Taken	1971-08-01

Astronaut David Scott simulates use of Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Drill at KSC

Title	Astronaut David Scott simulates use of Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Drill at KSC
Description	Astronaut David R. Scott, commander of the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission, simulates use of the Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Drill (ALSD) at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida. Scott's fellow moon-exploring crewman, Astronaut James Irwin, can be seen in the background near Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) trainer.
Date Taken	1971-05-24

Astronauts David Scott looks at sample referred to as "genesis rock

Title	Astronauts David Scott looks at sample referred to as "genesis rock
Description	Astronauts David R. Scott, right, commander of the Apollo 15 mission, gets a close look at the sample referred to as the "genesis rock" in the Non-Sterile Nitrogen Processing Line (NNPL) in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL) at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). Scientist-Astronaut Joseph P. Allen, left, an Apollo 15 spacecraft communicator, looks on. The white-colored rock has been given the permanent identification number of 15415.
Date Taken	1971-08-12

Astronaut David Scott using Apollo Lunar Surface Drill during second EVA

Title	Astronaut David Scott using Apollo Lunar Surface Drill during second EVA
Description	Astronaut David R. Scott, Apollo 15 commander, is seen using the Apollo Lunar Surface Drill during the second lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) in this color reproduction taken from a transmission made by the RCA color television camera mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle. This transmission was the fourth made during the mission.
Date Taken	1971-08-01

Astronaut David Scott watching hammer and feather fall to lunar surface

Title	Astronaut David Scott watching hammer and feather fall to lunar surface
Description	Astronaut David R. Scott, Apollo 15 commander, watches a geological hammer and a feather hit the lunar surface simultaneously in a test of Galileo's law of motion concerning falling bodies, as seen in this color reproduction taken from a transmission made by the RCA color television camera mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Scott released the hammer from his right hand and the feather from his left at the same instant. This experiment occured toward the end of the third and final lunar surface extravehicular activity.
Date Taken	1971-08-02

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