Apollo 15 landing site
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The Apollo 15 landing site is the area on the Moon where NASA’s 1971 Apollo 15 mission touched down near the Hadley Rille and Apennine Mountains to conduct advanced scientific exploration and rover-based surface operations.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic location on the Moon
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lunar landing site ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| evaCount | 3 ⓘ |
| experimentDeployed |
Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP)
NERFINISHED
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Lunar dust detector ⓘ Lunar surface gravimeter ⓘ Lunar surface magnetometer ⓘ Solar wind spectrometer ⓘ |
| firstUseOf | Lunar Roving Vehicle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicContext |
Apennine Front highlands
NERFINISHED
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Mare Imbrium basin rim ⓘ |
| landingCraft | Lunar Module Falcon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingDateUTC | 1971-07-30 ⓘ |
| landingOfMission | Apollo 15 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingTimeUTC | 22:16:29 ⓘ |
| launchVehicleOfMission | Saturn V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Mare Imbrium region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionLaunchDateUTC | 1971-07-26 ⓘ |
| missionLunarLandingNumber | 4th crewed lunar landing ⓘ |
| missionNumberInApolloProgram | 9th crewed Apollo mission ⓘ |
| missionSplashdownDateUTC | 1971-08-07 ⓘ |
| missionType | crewed lunar landing ⓘ |
| nearFeature |
Apennine Mountains (lunar)
NERFINISHED
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Hadley Rille NERFINISHED ⓘ Mons Hadley NERFINISHED ⓘ Mons Hadley Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first extended-stay J-mission to the Moon
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first use of a lunar rover on the Moon ⓘ |
| notableRockSample | Genesis Rock GENERATED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| primaryCommander | David R. Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryCommandModulePilot | Alfred M. Worden GENERATED ⓘ |
| primaryLunarModulePilot | James B. Irwin GENERATED ⓘ |
| program | Apollo program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sampleCollectionMass | about 77 kg of lunar samples ⓘ |
| scientificFocus |
advanced geological field exploration
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sampling of highland and mare materials ⓘ study of Apennine Front ⓘ study of Hadley Rille ⓘ |
| selenographicLatitude | 26.1322° N (approximate) ⓘ |
| selenographicLongitude | 3.6339° E (approximate) ⓘ |
| surfaceVehicleUsed | Lunar Roving Vehicle 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| totalEVAOnSurfaceHours | about 18.5 hours ⓘ |
| totalSurfaceStayDuration | about 66 hours ⓘ |
| visitedByAstronaut |
David R. Scott
NERFINISHED
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James B. Irwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.