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hip0012760 - Apollo 15 astronaut on the lunar surface, 1971. Astronaut James Irwin, with the Lunar Rover (right) and the Lunar Module nearby, salutes the Stars and Stripes. Apollo 15, the fourth successful lunar landing mission, was launched on 26th July 1971, carrying David Scott, Irwin and Alfred Worden. Worden remained in lunar orbit in the Apollo Command Module while the other two astronauts descended to the Moon, becoming the seventh and eighth men to walk on its surface. Apollo 15 was the first mission to use the battery-powered Lunar Rover which, with a top speed of 14 kilometres per hour, considerably increased the distances that astronauts could cover while exploring the lunar surface.
Credit: Spectrum Colour Library / HIP / TopFoto
TopFoto / HIP
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