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Lunar Module Ascent Stage
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Lunar Module Ascent Stage |
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The Lunar Module "Spider" ascent stage is photographed from the Command/Service Module on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. The Lunar Module's descent stage had already been jettisoned. |
| Date |
03/07/1969 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Spider" in Earth Orbit
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Spider" in Earth Orbit |
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View of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module "Spider" in a lunar landing configuration photographed by Command Module pilot David Scott inside the Command/Service Module "Gumdrop" on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. The landing gear on "Spider" has been deployed. lunar surface probes (sensors) extend out from the landing gear foot pads. Inside the "Spider" were astronauts James A. McDivitt, Apollo 9 Commander, and Russell L. Schweickart, Lunar Module pilot. |
| Date |
03/07/1969 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Spider" Over The Ocean
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Spider" Over The Ocean |
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View of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module "Spider," in a lunar landing configuration, as photographed form the Command/Service Module on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. The landing gear on the Lunar Module has been deployed. Note Lunar Module's upper hatch and docking tunnel. The EVA foot restraints known as the "Golden Slippers" are visible on the porch of the Lunar Module (LM). They allowed Lunar Module pilot Russell "Rusty" Schweickart to securely stand on the porch during his EVA thus allowing him free use of his hands. |
| Date |
03/07/1969 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Irwin Scoops up Soil
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Irwin Scoops up Soil |
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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 |
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An Apollo 15 Panorama
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An Apollo 15 Panorama |
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The Apollo 15 mission [ http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/imagery/apollo/AS15/a15.htm ] to Earth's Moon [ http://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html ] was dedicated to better understanding the surface of the moon by exploring mountains, valleys, maria, and highlands [ http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/moon/moon_surface.html ]. Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/Apollo15/A15_Overview_crew.html ] spent nearly three days on the Moon while Alfred Worden [ http://vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/worden.htm ] orbited above in the Command Module [ http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/apollo/ ]. The mission [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15j.html ], which blasted off from Earth on 1971 July 26, was the first to deploy a Lunar Roving Vehicle [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990701.html ]. Pictured above [ http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/LunarAtlas/panoramas/ ] in this digitally stitched mosaic panorama [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15.summary.html ], David Scott examines a boulder in front of the summit of Mt. Hadley Delta [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980705.html ]. The shadow of James Irwin is visible to the right, while scrolling to the right will reveal a well-lit and diverse lunar [ http://www.myspacemuseum.com/stats2.htm ] terrain. The Apollo 15 mission [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/Apollo15/Apollo15.html ] returned about 76 kilograms of moon rocks for detailed study. Want to pan across the surface of Mars, too? Check out the color panoramic view [ http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/rover-images/jan-12-2004/ captions/image-1.html ] from the Spirit landing site. |
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Astronaut Kicks Lunar Field
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Astronaut Kicks Lunar Field Goal |
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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 ]. |
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Astronaut David Scott on slo
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Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta during Apollo 15 EVA |
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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. |
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08.01.1971 |
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Astronaut David Scott on slo
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Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta during Apollo 15 EVA |
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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 |
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Astronaut David Scott on slo
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Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta during Apollo 15 EVA |
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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. |
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07.31.1971 |
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Astronaut David Scott on slo
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Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta during Apollo 15 EVA |
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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 |
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Astronaut David Scott underg
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Astronaut David Scott undergoes water egress training |
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Astronaut David R. Scott, pilot of the Gemini 8 prime crew, stands on deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever after suiting up for water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. |
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01.15.1966 |
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Astronaut David Scott underg
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Astronaut David Scott undergoes water egress training in building 260A |
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Astronaut David R. Scott, pilot of the Gemini 8 prime crew, undergoes water egress training in a special tank in building 260A at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), Houston, Texas. An MSC swimmer assists in the training exercise. A boilerplate model of a Gemini spacecraft floats in water beside Scott. |
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01.05.1966 |
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David Scott
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David Scott |
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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. |
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01.01.1975 |
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Astronaut David Scott on slo
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Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta during Apollo 15 EVA |
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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 |
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Astronaut David Scott on slo
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Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta during Apollo 15 EVA |
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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 |
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Astronaut David Scott on slo
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Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta during Apollo 15 EVA |
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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 |
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Astronaut David Scott on slo
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Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta during Apollo 15 EVA |
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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 |
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Astronaut David Scott gives
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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 |
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Astronaut David Scott underg
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Astronaut David Scott undergoes water egress training in building 260A |
| Description |
Astronaut David R. Scott, pilot of the Gemini 8 prime crew, undergoes water egress training in a special tank in building 260A at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), Houston, Texas. An MSC swimmer assists in the training exercise. A boilerplate model of a Gemini spacecraft floats in water beside Scott. |
| Date Taken |
1966-01-05 |
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Astronaut David Scott practi
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Astronaut David Scott practicing for Gemini 8 EVA |
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Astronaut David R. Scott practicing for Gemini 8 extravehicular acitivity (EVA) in bldg 4 of the Manned Spacecraft Center on the air bearing floor. He is wearing the the Hand-Held Maneuvering Unit which he will use during the EVA. |
| Date Taken |
1966-02-01 |
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Space suit and extravehicula
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Space suit and extravehicular equipment planned for Astronaut David Scott |
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Test subject Fred Spress, Crew Systems Division, wears the space suit and extravehicular equipment planned for use by Astronaut David R. Scott. The helmet is equipped with a gold-plated viser to shield the astronauts face from unfiltered sun rays. The system is composed of a life support pack worn on the chest and a support pack worn on the back. |
| Date Taken |
1966-01-18 |
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Space suit and extravehicula
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Space suit and extravehicular equipment planned for Astronaut David Scott |
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Test subject Fred Spress, Crew Systems Division, wears the space suit and extravehicular equipment planned for use by Astronaut David R. Scott. The helmet is equipped with a gold-plated viser to shield the astronauts face from unfiltered sun rays. The system is composed of a life support pack worn on the chest and a support pack worn on the back. |
| Date Taken |
1966-01-18 |
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Astronaut David Scott underg
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Astronaut David Scott undergoes water egress training |
| Description |
Astronaut David R. Scott, pilot of the Gemini 8 prime crew, stands on deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever after suiting up for water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. |
| Date Taken |
1966-01-15 |
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Astronaut David Scott during
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Astronaut David Scott during EVA training on KC-135 |
| Description |
Astronaut David R. Scott performs a maintenance and repair experiment with a battery-powered tool during a state of weightlessness while in extravehicular activity (EVA) training on a KC-135. |
| Date Taken |
1966-02-18 |
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Astronaut David Scott in Mis
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Astronaut David Scott in Mission Control Room during Apollo 11 |
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Astronaut David R. Scott is seated at a console in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, bldg 30, during the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. He is watching a television monitor during the lunar surface extravehicular activity in which Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. participated. Scott is the backup crew commander for the scheduled Apollo 12 lunar landing mission. |
| Date Taken |
1969-07-20 |
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Astronaut David Scott looks
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Astronaut David Scott looks at Lunar Rover no.1 attached to Lunar Module 10 |
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Astronaut David Scott (with left hand on spacecraft) looks at Lunar Rover no.1, attached to Lunar Module 10 in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The four wheels of the LRV are folded against the chassis. |
| Date Taken |
1971-04-01 |
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Astronaut David Scott simula
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Astronaut David Scott simulates use of Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Drill at KSC |
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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 |
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Astronauts David Scott looks
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Astronauts David Scott looks at sample referred to as "genesis rock |
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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 |
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Astronaut David Scott using
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Astronaut David Scott using Apollo Lunar Surface Drill during second EVA |
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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 |
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Apollo 15 EVA panorama
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Apollo 15 EVA panorama |
| Description |
Mosaic photographs which compose a 360-degree panoramic view of the Apollo 15 Hadley-Apennine landing site, taken near the close of the third lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) by Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin. This group of photographs was designated the Rover "RIP" Pan because the Lunar Roving Vehicle was parked in its final position prior to the two crewmen returning to the Lunar Module. The astronaut taking the pan was standing 325 feet east of the Lunar Module (LM). This mosaic covers a field of view from about souteast to about west-northwest. Visible on the horizon from left to right are: Silver Spur on the Apennine Front, Hadley Delta Mountain and St. George Crater, Bennett Hill, and the LM. |
| Date Taken |
1971-08-02 |
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Apollo 15 EVA panorama
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Apollo 15 EVA panorama |
| Description |
Mosaic photographs which compose a 360-degree panoramic view of the Apollo 15 Hadley-Apennine landing site, taken near the close of the third lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) by Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin. This group of photographs was designated the Rover "RIP" Pan because the Lunar Roving Vehicle was parked in its final position prior to the two crewmen returning to the Lunar Module. The astronaut taking the pan was standing 325 feet east of the Lunar Module (LM). The Rover was parked about 300 feet east of the LM. This mosaic covers a field of view from about north-northeast to about south. Visible on the horizon from left to right are: Mount Hadley, high peaks of the Apennine Mountains which are farther in the distance than either Mount Hadley or Hadley Delta Mountain, Silver Spur on the Apennine Front, and the eastern portion of Hadley Delta. Note Rover tracks in the foreground. |
| Date Taken |
1971-08-02 |
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Apollo 15 EVA panorama
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Apollo 15 EVA panorama |
| Description |
Mosaic photographs which compose a 360-degree panoramic view of the Apollo 15 Hadley-Apennine landing site, taken near the close of the third lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) by Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin. This group of photographs was designated the Rover "RIP" Pan because the Lunar Roving Vehicle was parked in its final position prior to the two crewmen returning to the Lunar Module. The astronaut taking the pan was standing 325 feet east of the Lunar Module (LM). The Rover was parked about 300 feet east of the LM. This mosaic covers a field of view from about west to about northwest. Visible on the horizon from left to right are: the LM, Hill 305, and the western slope of Mount Hadley. The Rover is some 20-25 feet away in the foreground. |
| Date Taken |
1971-08-02 |
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Astronaut David Scott watchi
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Astronaut David Scott watching hammer and feather fall to lunar surface |
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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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