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“Apollo 15 modified lunar module for the ninth manned Apollo crew. The members of the Apollo 15 prime crew are James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot; David R. Scott, commander; and Alfred M. Worden, Jr., command module pilot. Apollo 15 is the fourth lunar landing mission and the first to use the Lunar Roving Vehicle to traverse the lunar surface.”

The plume deflector under the near RCS quad is…not there, but the other two are. Other than that it’s great, to include the lunar surface sensing probes, correctly located/depicted.

Looks to be from the same base diagram, with ample, informative & useful callouts. Well done:

airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/5212hjpg
Credit: Smithsonian NASM

“ASTRONAUTS EMBARK ON LUNAR EXPLORATION”

The fifth of five gorgeous renderings of Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) deployment by Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation (GAEC)/Grumman Aerospace Corporation (GAC) master artist Craig Kavafes.

Also:

www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/alsj-LRVDeployGrumman.html

Specifically:

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Both above credit: ALSJ website

I love the ALSJ; however, although it's not my place, I take issue with the poor choice (IMHO) of the term…”cartoons” and the “sigh” remark. “Sigh”, “UGH” and a host of other vulgar & disparaging sounds befit most NASA attempts at any ‘attempt/effort’ regarding image preservation, description, presentation, cataloging, etc., etc., etc. Not the fact that this doesn't represent actual candidate landing site topography.
I’m okay with a little dramatic terrain. I’m also thankful they have it & shared it!

“This is a relief map of the landing site made by the U. S. Army Photographic [Topographic] Command. The landing site is here several kilometers east of Hadley Rille. The Apennine Mountains are off the relief map further off to the east. There five objectives at the landing site: The first and primary objective is to sample the mountain front. At this particular place the Apennine Mountains for a slight bow to the west so that the mountains which are further off to the east here come around and we are able to sample south of the landing site some of the Apennine front material. That is the primary objective of the mission. The secondary objective of the mission is to study the rille itself. The sinuous, meandering rilles on the moon are an enigma at this time. The third objective is to look at the mare itself. We are now quite a bit further north than any of the other mares we visited. This is in particular a very dark mare. It may be one of the youngest mares that we can visit on the moon. The fourth objective is the north complex. The most probable interpretation at this time is that this is a volcanic complex. There are other interpretations possible. The sampling will take place at several points in the north complex. And the final objective is this cluster of craters southeast of the landing site, and these are believed to be secondaries from the large craters, Autolycus and Arostyllus [Aristillus], which are much further to the northwest within the Mare Imbrium itself.”

With the above task list, it’s a testament to David Scott’s professionalism, commitment and dedication to becoming an astute student & practitioner of geology/geological observation. Not that I expect anyone to do it, but if you watch - listen actually - to his commentary & observations while on moon, it’ll blow you away, especially if you’re a Geologist. I’m sure Jack Schmitt was proud. And not to slight Irwin, but Scott’s efforts were singularly exceptional.

This photograph is really cool, in that it’s actually a photograph of an actual relief map, (with EVA traverses superimposed). A pretty good one at that. Then again, it had to be, after the POS the Army crapped out for Apollo 13/14. I’m surprised NASA gave them another/continuing opportunity.

One of the physical relief maps is seen here:

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Credit: RR Auction/icollector.com

It sold for something like a bajillion dollars, +/- a couple of billion.

To me, this landing site was by far the most spectacular visually as well.

Apparently an 'official' High Flight Foundation promotional photo of Irwin and Scott conducting EVA training at KSC.
Really poor quality image, not the actual photograph. Unique nonetheless...and it's signed.

Apollo 15 was the fourth successful moon landing mission and the only Apollo mission with an all-U.S. Air Force crew. Col. David R. Scott, Lt. Col. James B. Irwin, and Maj. Alfred M. Worden flew this spacecraft, named Endeavour, to the moon in July 1971. The command module is named after the ship that carried Capt. James Cook on his famous 18th century scientific voyage.
Apollo 15 focused mainly on lunar science, and was the first mission to use a lunar rover vehicle. The crew spent four days traveling to the moon, then Scott and Irwin landed the lunar module Falcon on the moon’s surface. They spent 67 hours exploring and setting up scientific experiments. Worden remained in orbit aboard Endeavour conducting experiments and photographing the moon. Just over 12 days after launch, the crew returned safely, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii.
Project Apollo’s main goal was to land astronauts on the moon and return them safely to Earth. Beating the Soviets to the moon in the “space race” of the 1960s was an important part of the Cold War competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for prestige and world leadership in science and technology. The U.S. won the moon race when Apollo 11 landed on the moon and returned to Earth in July 1969. Apollo achieved six lunar landings through 1972, and 12 astronauts walked on the moon. Of the 29 astronauts who flew Apollo missions, 14 were Air Force officers or had Air Force experience.
The command module is on loan from the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Apollo 15 was the fourth successful moon landing mission and the only Apollo mission with an all-U.S. Air Force crew. Col. David R. Scott, Lt. Col. James B. Irwin, and Maj. Alfred M. Worden flew this spacecraft, named Endeavour, to the moon in July 1971. The command module is named after the ship that carried Capt. James Cook on his famous 18th century scientific voyage.
Apollo 15 focused mainly on lunar science, and was the first mission to use a lunar rover vehicle. The crew spent four days traveling to the moon, then Scott and Irwin landed the lunar module Falcon on the moon’s surface. They spent 67 hours exploring and setting up scientific experiments. Worden remained in orbit aboard Endeavour conducting experiments and photographing the moon. Just over 12 days after launch, the crew returned safely, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii.
Project Apollo’s main goal was to land astronauts on the moon and return them safely to Earth. Beating the Soviets to the moon in the “space race” of the 1960s was an important part of the Cold War competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for prestige and world leadership in science and technology. The U.S. won the moon race when Apollo 11 landed on the moon and returned to Earth in July 1969. Apollo achieved six lunar landings through 1972, and 12 astronauts walked on the moon. Of the 29 astronauts who flew Apollo missions, 14 were Air Force officers or had Air Force experience.
The command module is on loan from the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Astronauts Irwin and Scott during LRV fit check at KSC.

The photograph is reversed l-r.

www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/ap15-71-HC-91...
All above credit: Project Apollo Archive website/Kipp Teague

"Astronaut David R. Scott, with tongs and gnomon in hand, studies a boulder on the slope of Hadley Delta during the Apollo 15 lunar surface Extravehicular Activity (EVA). The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) or Rover is in right foreground. View is looking slightly south of west. “Bennett Hill” is at extreme right. Astronaut James B. Irwin took this photograph. Scott was Mission Commander, and Irwin served as Lunar Module Pilot. The pair descended together in the Apollo 15 Lunar Module to explore the Hadley-Apennine area while Astronaut Alfred M. Worden, Command Module Pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit.”

From the ALSJ:

"This frame from Jim's Station 2 pan shows Dave examining the Station 2 boulder. In the foreground, we can see the back of the Rover. Note the orientation of the high-gain antenna. Also, a comparison with 11422
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indicates that, while taking the pan on the sloping surface, he has unintentionally moved downhill."

“David Scott speaks to joint session of Congress. The Apollo 15 astronauts, David R. Scott, Commander, Alfred M. Worden, Jr. Command Module Pilot and James B. Irwin, Lunar Module Pilot, addressed a joint session of Congress on Sept. 9, 1971.”

Per Wikipedia:

"Six times in the first years of the Space Age, Congress jointly met to be addressed by astronauts after their trips in space."

Also, according to Wikipedia; the Apollo 15 crew was the ONLY Astronaut crew to address a joint session of Congress during the 1970s.

In fact (if Wikipedia is correct), they appear to be the LAST as well.

Pretty much sums up the collective downward 'trajectory' - commensurate with the tepid political perception & promotion of the significance, importance, prestige, relevance, etcetera - of the United States' manned space flight program over the past 57 years. Glaringly exposed by the current predicament. Simple formula: you reap (what little) you sow.

Part of a clockwise panoramic photo sequence taken by Jim Irwin at Elbow Crater, Station 1, looking north along the in-bound LRV tracks, with the deeply shadowed west face of Mt. Hadley in the distance.

Paraphrased ALSJ description above.

www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/AS15-85-11403HR.jpg

This frame from David Scott's Station 8 pan shows Jim Irwin standing wide-legged as he digs the partially-completed trench in front of him. He sticks the scoop into the wall opposite where he is standing and propels the scoop-load of regolith back between his legs. The narrow fan of throwback can be seen behind him and, indeed, there seems to be some material still in motion at the far end of the throwback pattern just above the two fiducials at mid-thigh height. Mt. Hadley is in the background. A comparison of details from [this photo] and AS12-86-11603, which was taken at the end of EVA-1,
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shows the tape Dave used to secure Jim's broken antenna to the top of the OPS. Note also, he is wearing not one, but two cuff checklists.

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Credit all above per the ALSJ.

“Apollo 15 Commander David R. Scott (right) and Lunar Module Pilot James B. Irwin guide their Lunar Roving Vehicle along the edge of the half-mile wide, 600-foot-deep Hadley Rille in this Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical illustration by Robert Watts. Their safe descent to the Hadley-Apennine area of the moon will be assisted by velocity and altitude measurements made by Teledyne Ryan’s Lunar Module Landing Radar System.”

NASA description:

An artist's concept of the Apollo 15 Hadley-Apennine landing area showing the two moon-exploring crewmen on a traverse in their Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). The two figures represent astronauts David R. Scott, commander, and James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot. The artwork is by Teledyne Ryan.

spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo15/html/...

Outstanding:

dahp.wa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/nominations/WHR...
Credit: Washington State Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation website

A view of Hadley Rille photographed at Station 2 during the first Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. This picture was taken with a 70mm Hasselblad camera, using a 500mm focal length lens. The sun elevation was 20 degrees. This view is looking down into the rille.

spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo15/html/...

Station 2 is the ‘67 m’ point:

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FANTASTIC - this particular view is just to the right of center of the panorama and pretty much at the top-to-bottom center.

astropedia.astrogeology.usgs.gov/download/Moon/Apollo/Pan...

Superlative rakemanship by Jim Irwin - straight and true, continuous and even strokes, with the proper overlap...not bad for an Airman.
Great boot print too.
At Station 9A, within a hop, skip and a step of Hadley Rille.