On July 26, 1971, NASA launched Apollo 15, the fourth successful mission to touch down on the moon. The Saturn V rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center at 9:34 a.m. The mission was intended for ...

The Apollo 15 Lunar Module (LM) Falcon set down on the Hadley plains (26.132°N, 3.634°E) a mere 2 kilometers from Hadley Rille. The goals: sample the basalts that compose the mare deposit, explore a ...

On July 26, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 15 mission. Crew for Apollo 15 was Commander David R. Scott, Lunar Module Pilot James B. Irwin and Command Module Pilot Alfred ...

Apollo 15, the first of the J-series missions, prioritized ambitious scientific objectives, utilizing advanced tools such as a percussive drill, 500mm telephoto lenses, and the Lunar Roving Vehicle ...

It’s been 50 years since NASA’s Apollo 15 mission to the moon, which was the first time the space agency included a Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) in the mission. The electric “moon buggy” could carry two ...

Some Moon missions get all the glory. Apollo 8 was the first to orbit the Moon. Apollo 11, the first to land. And Apollo 17 was the last crewed mission to the lunar surface — for now. Of course, each ...

A massive new exhibit at Manhattan’s Intrepid Museum, “Apollo: When We Went to the Moon,” takes visitors into space like never before. On display are more than 100 rare relics linked to the historic ...

In July and early August of 1971 NASA embarked on an ambitious and challenging lunar mission the journey of Apollo 15 to the HadleyApennine regionThe first of the J lunar missions Apollo 15 took the ...

It was in 1971 when the Apollo 15 astronauts Dave Scott and Jim Irwin were exploring the Moon in a Lunar Roving Vehicle. They traveled 17.5 miles (28 km) in the first car that humans have ever driven ...

After the third extra-vehicular activity (EVA-3) during the Apollo 15 Mission, the Lunar Rover is depicted in its final parking spot on the surface of the moon at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. On ...

A small piece of the Moon has landed in Bradenton at the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature just in time for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 15 mission. The museum unveiled a new display Wednesday ...