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Apollo 15
Mission Summary
Apollo 15 Facts
Apollo 15 Crew
Spacecraft
Landing Site
Mission Objectives
Lunar Geologic Science
Lunar Roving Vehicle
Lunar Orbital Science
Images
The Apollo Program |
| Lunar Module: |
Falcon |
| Command and Service
Module: |
Endeavour
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| Crew:
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David R. Scott, commander
Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot
James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot |
| Launch: |
July 26, 1971
13:34:00 UT (9:34:00 a.m. EDT)
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A |
| Landing
Site: |
Hadley Rille/Apennines
(26.13 N, 3.63E) |
| Landed on Moon: |
July 30, 1971
22:16:29 UT (6:16:29 p.m. EDT) |
| EVA duration: |
total 18 hr. 35 min. [3 EVAs] |
| Lunar Surface Traversed: |
27.9 kilometers |
| Moon Rocks Collected: |
76.8 kilograms |
| LM Departed Moon: |
August 2, 1971
17:11:22 UT (1:11:22 p.m. EDT) |
| Time on Lunar Surface
(total): |
66 hr. 54 min. 53 sec. |
| Returned to Earth: |
August 7, 1971
splashdown 20:45:53 UT (4:45:53 p.m. EDT) |
| Mission Duration: |
295 hr. 11 min. 53 sec. |
| Retrieval site: |
Pacific Ocean 26° 7' N, 18°
8' W |
| Retrieval ship: |
U.S.S. Okinawa |
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Special Payload:
- Flags carried on this mission and returned to Earth included
25 United States flags, state and territories flags, and flags
of all the United Nations members, each four by six inches.
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Highlights/Notes:
- First mission with a lunar roving vehicle
(LRV) that could transport two astronauts. The LRV could also
carry tools, scientific equipment, communications gear, and lunar
samples.
- First launch of a subsatellite in lunar orbit.
- During Earth re-entry and descent, one of the 3 parachutes failed
to open fully. As a result, descent velocity was 4.5km/hr (2.8mph)
faster than planned.
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