Apollo 15, which launched on July 26, 1971, marked the beginning of NASA's most challenging crewed missions to the moon. This mission featured the longest stay yet on the lunar surface, three ...

NASA's Apollo 15 mission launched July 26, 1971, and marked the debut of the "moon buggy" as well as the three moonwalks and the longest stay yet on the moon's surface.

The chuck used by Apollo 15 Mission Commander David Scott that was part of the Apollo Lunar Surface Drill is up for auction at RR Auction, where it's expected to fetch US$50,000.

While we may remember the "one small step" more than anything else, the first Lunar Rover has its own interesting story ...

Lunar rovers, four-wheeled electric vehicles designed to traverse the moon's surface, were deployed to the moon for several of the Apollo missions in the 1970s.

Although the historic Apollo 11 mission made do with a 2.5-hour walkabout on the lunar surface, Apollo missions 15, 16, and 17 each had their own lunar buggy to drive around the moon’s powdery ...

Boris Buzan Summary This Apollo 15 commemorative medal, the 93rd commemorative medal privately struck by the National Commemorative Society, memorializes the Apollo 15 mission in which NASA astronauts ...

Twelve people have landed on the moon As of 2025, only twelve people have ever set foot on the moon—all of them American astronauts from NASA’s Apollo missions between 1969 and 1972. It took six ...

The Apollo 11 mission landed the first men on the moon on July 20, 1969. Apollo 15 was the fourth mission to land astronauts on the lunar surface, July 30, 1971.