#Apollo 15

[cosmonautroger]

Moon, Planet Earth, Apollo 15, 1971

#Moon #Planet Earth #Apollo 15 #1971

[lonestarflight]

The original Moon landing sites

"NASA contracted to have 15 flight-worthy Saturn V rockets produced. Apollo 11 achieved the first landing with the sixth Saturn V, leaving nine for follow-on landings. The following landing sites were chosen for these missions, planned to occur at intervals of approximately four months through July 1972."

Note: I've updated this list with the original tentative planned launch dates.

G-type Mission

Apollo 11: (G) Mare Tranquillitatis, July 1969

H-type missions

Apollo 12: (H1) Ocean of Storms (Surveyor 3 site), November 1969

Apollo 13: (H2) Fra Mauro Highlands, March 1970

Apollo 14: (H3) Littrow Crater, July 1970

Apollo 15: (H4) Censorinus Crater, November 1970

J-type missions, the extended stay missions

Apollo 16: (J1) Descartes Highlands or Tycho Crater (Surveyor 7 site), April 1971

Apollo 17: (J2) Marius Hills or Marius Hills volcanic domes, September 1971

Apollo 18: (J3) Copernicus crater or Schröter's Valley or Gassendi crater, February 1972, later July 1973

Apollo 19: (J4) Hadley Rille, July 1972, later December 1973

Apollo 20: (J5) Tycho Crater or Copernicus Crater or Marius Hills, December 1972, later July 1974

As we all know, plans were changed and missions were cancelled. But it's nice to see what was initially planned.

To compare with the actual landing sites and dates:

Apollo 12: (H1) Ocean of Storms (Surveyor 3 site), November 1969

Apollo 13: (H2) never landed, April 1970

Apollo 14: (H3) Fra Mauro, January-February 1971

Apollo 15: (J1) Hadley–Apennine, July-August 1971

Apollo 16: (J2) Descartes Highlands, April 1972

Apollo 17: (J3) Taurus–Littrow, December 1972

NASA ID: link, link

Information from Astronautix: link

Information from Wikipedia: link

#Apollo 11 #Apollo 12 #Apollo 13 #Apollo 14 #Apollo 15 #Apollo 16 #Apollo 17 #Apollo 18 #Apollo 19 #Apollo 20 #NASA #Apollo Program #Moon #Moon landing #Lunar Module #cancelled #G-type Mission #H-type mission #J-type mission #Cancelled Mission #my post

[science70]

"Photoreport 6 - Apollo 15", Countdown #40, 20 November 1971.

#science #technology #space exploration #magazine #NASA #Apollo 15 #Saturn 5 #Kennedy Space Center #Countdown #USA #UK #1971

[floridaboiler]

Apollo 15 Astronauts and their rides

#Corvette #NASA #Chevy #Chevrolet #Astronauts #Apollo 15

[nocternalrandomness]

2 Aug 1971 - Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot James Irwin salutes the U.S. flag

#NASA #Space flight #Moon landing #Apollo 15 #Lunar module #American Flag #Lunar rover #Astronaut #Space program #Moon

[theofficialastronomy101]

Apollo 15 Fourth crewed Moon landing 4K Quality

Apollo 15 (July 26 – August 7, 1971) was the ninth crewed mission in the United States' Apollo program and the fourth to land on the Moon. It was the first J mission, with a longer stay on the Moon and a greater focus on science than earlier landings. Apollo 15 saw the first use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle.

#astronomy #nasa #astronomers #universe #astrophotography #nasa photos #nasawebb #astrophysics #outer space #hubble space telescope #astronauts #apollo #apollo 15 #historic #spacecraft #space exploration #our moon #planet earth #planets #space #astro community #astro notes #astro observations #astroblr #astrology observations #astronomy photography #astronomy picture of the day #nasa picture of the day #rocket launch #team rocket

[astronotmovie]

What does your car dashboard look like? Control panel for the Lunar Rover during Apollo 15.

#apollo 15 #astronauts #nasa #space travel #astronaut #space exploration #moon landing #1971 #space flight #space program #vintage space #space age #lunar rover #nasa photos #space

[quiltofstars]

Montes Apenninus on the Moon // Santiago Rodrigo

Fun fact: this is roughly the region where Apollo 15 made its landing in 1971!

#astronomy #astrophotography #solar system #moon #the moon #luna #lunar surface #montes apenninus #montes #apollo 15

[krakenmare]

Ultraviolet (UV) Photo of the Earth taken during Revolution 24 of the Apollo 15 mission (1972)

#krakenmare #astronomy #solar system #astrophotography #outer space #nasa #space #thank you nasa #earth #earth from space #apollo 15

[commodorez]

Apollo 15 Command Module "Endeavour" - July 26 - August 7, 1971

Dave Scott, Al Worden, & James Irwin

4th mission to successfully land on the moon

National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, OH

#apollo 15 #endeavour #apollo #project apollo #national museum of the united states air force #moon landing

[tranquilitybase11]

Just got done watching this great documentary on Apollo 15. If you haven't seen it yet, you should check it out. I wish there were documentaries like this for all the Apollo missions.

#apollo 15 #dave scott #al worden #jim irwin #nasa #apollo program #moon #mine

[cosmonautroger]

Apollo 15, Moon

#Apollo 15 #Moon

[lonestarflight]

The Apollo 14 Lunar Module (LM-8) Antares (right) undergoes checkout with Apollo 15's LM-10 Falcon (left) in the background.

Date: October 16, 1970

NASA ID: KSC-70PC-537

#Apollo 14 #LM-8 #Antares #H-type mission #Apollo 15 #Lunar Module #LM-10 #Falcon #NASA #Apollo Program #J-type mission #Assembly #Manned Spacecraft Operations Building #MSOB #Kennedy Space Center #KSC #Florida #October #1970 #my post

[aboutoriginality]

#apollo 15

[galaxseacreature]

Happy Moon Landing Day! My mom gave me this stamp awhile ago to "prove this country used to care about scientific achievement and progress" which seems very on theme! (let's not spoil it rn by getting into how much it was actually about "beating the commies")

Out of curiosity I looked it up, and it actually came in a two stamp set:

They're not specifically moon landing exclusive, but meant to commemorate the whole decade from Alan Shepard's spaceflight through Apollo 15 which was the first mission to use the Lunar Roving Vehicle (aka Moon Buggy).

#moon landing day #moon #space #apollo program #apollo 15 #described in alt #apollo 14 was the one with golf in case you were wondering #they also brought up a bunch of seeds and if you've heard of moon trees that's where they're from #well artemis took some up too but current moon trees are all from apollo 14 #anyway wild that there are trees more well travelled than you out there huh

[floating-hasselblad]

Thinking about the central Oregon lava rock they took to the moon again

#its so special to me #my own little slice of home a quarter million miles away 😭😭😭 #apollo 15 #jim Irwin #central oregon #no matter where i am i can look up and always see a little piece of home