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1971 · 12 days
1971 · 12 days Apollo 15
26.130° 3.630°
· Hadley-Apennine
First Lunar Roving Vehicle. Found the 'Genesis Rock'.
Trajectory
Hybrid free-return trajectory and the first 'J-mission': extended three-day surface stay with the Lunar Roving Vehicle and a heavier science payload. Apollo 15 also performed the first crewed plane-change maneuver in lunar orbit, repositioning the CSM Endeavour to overfly different surface tracks for orbital science.
Source: NASA / Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Crew · 3
DSDavid ScottCommander
JIJames IrwinLunar Module Pilot
AWAlfred WordenCommand Module Pilot
Portraits courtesy of NASA
Details
- Operator
- NASA
- Operator
- NASA
- Country
- United States
- Era
- apollo
- Duration
- 12 days
- Crew
- 3
Photos · Courtesy of NASA