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 ...

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

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 ...

Lunar rovers, four-wheeled electric vehicles designed to traverse the moon's surface, ... Alamy, accessed Dec. 15, Apollo 15 Lunar Stock Photo; Thank you for supporting our journalism.

Object Details Artist 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 ...

The space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union continued even as Apollo 11 astronauts were already walking on the moon.. Before the U.S. successfully reached the lunar surface, Americans ...