Manned Space Flight, USA, Apollo 15 Apollo 15 experiments on the Moon, 1971

Manned Space Flight, USA, Apollo 15 Apollo 15 experiments on the Moon, 1971. This Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP), which included a magnetometer, seismometer and a lunar laser reflector, was photographed from the Lunar Module. Apollo 15, the fourth successful lunar landing mission, was launched on 26th July 1971. It carried astronauts David Scott, James 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. ©SSPL/NASA