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Apollo 15 landing site, LittleKing

Apollo 15 landing site

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Apollo 15 landing site, LittleKing

Apollo 15 landing site

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Apollo 15 was the first of the Apollo missions capable of a longer stay time on the moon and greater surface mobility. The crew was the first to use the Lunar Roving Vehicle.

There were four primary objectives falling in the general categories of lunar surface science, lunar orbital science and engineering-operational. The mission objectives were to explore the Hadley-Apennine region, set up and activate lunar surface scientific experiments, make engineering evaluations of new Apollo equipment, and conduct lunar orbital experiments and photographic tasks.

Crew: David R. Scott, James B. Irwin, Alfred M. Worden

Launch: Jul. 26, 1971; 9:34 a.m. EST

Landing: Aug. 7, 1971, 4:46 p.m. EST, Pacific Ocean

Source :NASA

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Apollo 15 landing site, LittleKing