Apollo 15

E49337

Apollo program mission crewed lunar landing mission

Apollo 15 was a 1971 NASA crewed mission that conducted extended scientific exploration of the Moon, including the first use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the lunar surface.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Apollo program mission → crewed lunar landing mission →
backupCommander	Richard F. Gordon Jr. →
backupCommandModulePilot	Vance D. Brand →
backupLunarModulePilot	Harrison H. Schmitt →
callSignCommandModule	Endeavour →
callSignLunarModule	Falcon →
carriedInstrument	ALSEP (Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package) → X-ray fluorescence spectrometer → gamma-ray spectrometer → mass spectrometer → subsatellite PFS-1 →
commander	David R. Scott →
commandModule	Endeavour →
commandModulePilot	Alfred M. Worden →
country	United States →
crewSize	3 →
firstUseOf	Lunar Roving Vehicle →
focus	extended scientific exploration of the Moon → geological field investigations →
followedBy	Apollo 16 →
landingDateOnMoon	1971-07-30 →
launchDate	1971-07-26 →
launchSite	Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A →
launchVehicle	Saturn V →
lunarLandingRegion	Mare Imbrium →
lunarLandingSite	Hadley–Apennine region →
lunarLatitude	26.1322° N →
lunarLongitude	3.6339° E →
lunarModule	Falcon →
lunarModulePilot	James B. Irwin →
lunarRoverManufacturer	Boeing →
lunarRoverModel	Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) →
lunarSurfaceStayTime	about 66 hours →
missionClass	J-mission →
missionDuration	12 days 7 hours 11 minutes →
missionType	lunar landing →
notableEvent	first mission to use the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the lunar surface →
notableSample	Genesis Rock →
numberOfEVAsOnMoon	3 →
operator	NASA →
orbitalInclinationAroundMoon	about 26° →
precededBy	Apollo 14 →
program	Apollo program →
returnedLunarSamplesMass	about 77 kilograms →
returnToEarthDate	1971-08-07 →
spacecraft	Apollo Command and Service Module Endeavour → Apollo Lunar Module Falcon →
totalLunarEVA_Time	18 hours 35 minutes →
was	first of the Apollo J-missions →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Apollo 14 →	followedBy
Apollo program →	lunarLandingMission
Apollo Lunar Module →	notableMission
Apollo 16 →	precededByMission
Apollo command and service module →	usedInMission