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Apollo 15 - Introducing the Lunar Rover:
July 26-August 7, 1971

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On the outer portion of the official Apollo 15 patch, narrow bands of blue and red encircle a wide band of white. The large disc in the center has red, white and blue symbols of flight superimposed over an artist's concept of the Hadley-Apennine landing site.

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NASA Space History—Human Space Flight
National Air & Space Museum
National Space Science Data Center
Lunar & Planetary Institute
Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Journal
Life Sciences Data Archive
Astronaut Irwin uses a scoop to make a trench in the lunar soil during an EVA. In the background, Mount Hadley rises about 14,765 feet above the plain.
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Lunar module pilot Jim Irwin
prevents the Lunar Roving Vehicle from sliding downhill during the second lunar surface extravehicular activity. The rover was parked facing downhill on a 15-to-20-degree slope and apparently both of the Rover's rear wheels are off the ground.


View of the Apollo 15 Command/
Service Module in lunar orbit as photographed from the Lunar
Module just after rendezvous.


Photographed from Apollo 15, the
solar corona is seen one minute
prior to sunrise just beyond the lunar horizon. The bright object on the opposite side of the frame is the planet Mercury. The bright star
near the frame center is Regulus,
and the lesser stars form the head of the constellation Leo. Mercury is about 28 degrees from the center of the sun, therefore, the solar coronal streamers appear to extend about eight degrees from the sun's center.


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