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This view of the Earth’s crest over the lunar horizon was taken on July 29,
1971, during the Apollo
15 lunar landing
mission. Astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden, and James Irwin launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a Saturn V launch
vehicle.
Designed to explore the Moon over
longer periods, greater ranges, and with more instruments for the collection of
scientific data than before, Apollo 15 included the introduction of a $40
million lunar roving vehicle (LRV) that reached a top speed of 10 mph (16 kph)
across the Moon’s surface.
Upon landing on the Moon at the Hadley-Apennine site, Scott and Irwin conducted four
spacewalks, including three excursions using the LRV, for a combined total of
19 hours. Worden remained in orbit aboard the command module Endeavour.
See
more photos from the Apollo 15 mission.
Image credit: NASA
By: Monika Luabeya
Source: Sunrise Begins - NASA
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