Title

James Irwin (1930-1991) with the Lunar Roving Vehicle during Apollo 15, 1971.Artist: NASA

Caption

James Irwin (1930-1991) with the Lunar Roving Vehicle during Apollo 15, 1971. Irwin works on the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the first Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA-1) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. A portion of the Lunar Module Falcon is on the left. The undeployed Laser Ranging Retro Reflector (LR-3) lies atop the LM's Modulear Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA). Hadley Delta and the Apennine Front are in the background to the left and St George crater is approximately 5 kilometers (about 3 miles) in the distance behind Irwin's head. Photograph taken by David R. Scott, commander of the Apollo 15 mission.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1971

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C48_025

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (3,7Mb) / 13,9in x 14,0in / 4159 x 4207 (300dpi)

Keywords

country space exploration science solar system astronomy geography color colour moon crater lunar astronaut location century photograph concept space travel space walk seventies NASA United States of America United States 1970s lunar surface Apollo 15 EVA 20th century American America USA The Print Collector Apollo Mission geographical feature lunar crater lunar mission Lunar Rover manned spaceflight space flight space mission James Irwin James photograph moonwalking Hadley Delta St George crater Scott National Aeronautics and Space Administration David R Irwin David R Scott NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration Apennine Front David R Scott photograph photograph