Missions that land men on the Moon
Landed on Moon: July 30. 1971
Apollo 15 was the fourth mission to land men on the Moon. This mission was the first flight of the Lunar Roving Vehicle which astronauts used to explore the geology of the Hadley Rille/Apennine region.
Mission Duration: 295 hr. 11 min. 53 sec.
THE CREW
Left:
David R. Scott, Commander
Center:
Alfred M. Worden, Command Module Pilot
Right:
James B. Irwin, Lunar Module Pilot
VIEW FROM LANDING SITE
NORTH VIEW
SOUTH VIEW
EAST VIEW
WEST VIEW
To explore the Hadley-Apennine region To set up and activate lunar surface scientific experiments To make engineering evaluations of new Apollo equipment To conduct lunar orbital experiments and photographic tasks