a15_v_bw_o_n (71-H-1068, 71-HC-857)
“Astronauts James B. Irwin and David R. Scott drive the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) from the lunar training area after completing an extra-vehicular activity (EVA) time line study. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s fourth manned lunar landing mission Apollo 15 with the selected Hadley-Apennine site some 465 miles north of the lunar equator as the target point and will use the LRV to traverse the surface during the three planned expeditions during the 67 hour stay. The flight crew members are astronauts David R. Scott, commander; James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot; and Alfred M. Worden, Jr., command module pilot.”
Until fairly recently, my first & only exposure to this near identical photo. Fond memories. My parents bought it for me...from Kmart...along with the delicious pre-packaged subs available at the entrance/exit to the store. Of course I still have it...the film, that is:
www.depop.com/products/35mm-apollo-15-super8-cine-film/
Credit: Depop website
Taken a moment after/before:
images.nasa.gov/details-S71-39867
The covered/capped(?) cylindrical looking thing on the right looks like a designated Apollo Lunar Surface Drill testing area. I wonder if the substrata there was filled, compacted or whatever, in such a way as to simulate that expected at the actual landing site? Would make sense, wouldn't it?. Or maybe it's just a sprinkler valve/control/junction box. Oh wait...1971, it’s gotta be a ‘butt can’...yeah, that’s it.
If indeed the former, unfortunately, I don't think it fully prepared Scott for his Herculean drilling battles on the moon:
www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15carrier.html
Credit: ALSJ/David Carrier
a15_v_bw_o_n (71-H-1068, 71-HC-857)
“Astronauts James B. Irwin and David R. Scott drive the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) from the lunar training area after completing an extra-vehicular activity (EVA) time line study. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s fourth manned lunar landing mission Apollo 15 with the selected Hadley-Apennine site some 465 miles north of the lunar equator as the target point and will use the LRV to traverse the surface during the three planned expeditions during the 67 hour stay. The flight crew members are astronauts David R. Scott, commander; James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot; and Alfred M. Worden, Jr., command module pilot.”
Until fairly recently, my first & only exposure to this near identical photo. Fond memories. My parents bought it for me...from Kmart...along with the delicious pre-packaged subs available at the entrance/exit to the store. Of course I still have it...the film, that is:
www.depop.com/products/35mm-apollo-15-super8-cine-film/
Credit: Depop website
Taken a moment after/before:
images.nasa.gov/details-S71-39867
The covered/capped(?) cylindrical looking thing on the right looks like a designated Apollo Lunar Surface Drill testing area. I wonder if the substrata there was filled, compacted or whatever, in such a way as to simulate that expected at the actual landing site? Would make sense, wouldn't it?. Or maybe it's just a sprinkler valve/control/junction box. Oh wait...1971, it’s gotta be a ‘butt can’...yeah, that’s it.
If indeed the former, unfortunately, I don't think it fully prepared Scott for his Herculean drilling battles on the moon:
www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15carrier.html
Credit: ALSJ/David Carrier