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.

Apollo 15 kicked off the most ambitious lunar landings, with the remaining crews spending several days on the moon's surface and hauling home rocks of many different kinds.

Apollo 15 set several records for crewed spaceflight, including the heaviest payload in a lunar orbit, maximum radial distance traveled on the moon away from the spacecraft, the most lunar surface ...

The photos also show views of the moon’s surface and more. Astronauts David R. Scott, James B. Irwin and Alfred M. Worden all entered lunar orbit during the Apollo 15 mission on July 29, 1971.

Apollo 15 launched July 26, 1971, and the Falcon Lunar Module (LM) landed July 30, staying on the surface until Aug. 2 with moonwalkers Dave Scott and James Irwin (the commander and Lunar Module ...

Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot James B. Irwin salutes while standing beside the fourth American flag planted on the surface of the moon, July 30, 1971. The lunar module that took them to the moon's ...

Apollo 15 marked a more ambitious phase of the US Moon program. Where Apollo 11 through 14 were concerned with reaching the Moon and learning more about how to make precision landings, Apollo 15 ...

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.

The Apollo 15 Lunar Roving Vehicle at the edge of the sinuous Rima Hadley, July 30, 1971. On July 20, as we mark 45 years since ... and sensors to measure lunar surface chemistry. ...

During the Apollo 15 and 17 missions in 1971 and 1972, astronauts installed probes at two sites to measure the moon’s temperature below the surface. The Apollo program ended in 1972, but raw ...