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Apollo 15

Mission Number: AS-510 26 July - 7 August 1971

Crew:
   
David R. Scott [3], Commander
    James B. Irwin [1], LM Pilot
    Alfred M. Worden [1], CSM Pilot

Backup Crew:
    Richard F. Gordon, Jr., Commander
    Vance D. Brand, CSM Pilot
    Harrison H. Schmitt, LM Pilot

Launch:
    Pad: 39-A
    Date: 26 July 1971
    Time: 13:34:00 UTC

Lunar Landing:
    Location: Hadley Rille/Apennines (Lunar 26.13° N, 3.63° E)
    Touchdown: 30 July 22:16:29 UTC
    EVA #1: 6 hours, 34 minutes
    EVA #2: 7 hours, 13 minutes
    EVA #3: 4 hours, 20 minutes
    Liftoff: 2 August 17:11:22 UTC

Landing:
    Location: Pacific Ocean (26° 7' N, 18° 8' W)
    Vessel: USS Okinawa (LPH-3)
    Date: 7 August 1971
    Time: 20:45:53 UTC

Mission Duration: 12 days, 7 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds
Surface Stay Time: 2 days, 18 hours, 54 minutes, 53 seconds

Landing site: Hadley-Apennine region near Apennine Mountains. Scott and Irwin performed 3 EVAs of 18 hours, 7 minutes. Lunar surface stay time, 66.9 hours. Lunar Rover was used to travel 17 miles. They were in lunar orbit for 145 hours, with 74 orbits. A total of 169 lbs of material was gathered. Worden performed a trans-Earth EVA to retrieve film. Prior to Apollo 13, the lunar landing location was proposed to be Censorinus.

The Command and Service Module (CSM) was named Endeavor, and the Lunar Module (LM) was named Falcon.

The Apollo 15 command module is on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH.

 

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David Scott near the Lunar Rover.
Astronaut Jim Irwin sets up the
first Lunar Roving Vehicle.

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