Mission Information
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| MISSION_NAME |
APOLLO 15
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| MISSION_ALIAS |
A15
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| MISSION_START_DATE |
1971-07-26T12:00:00.000Z
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| MISSION_STOP_DATE |
1971-08-07T12:00:00.000Z
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| MISSION_DESCRIPTION |
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| MISSION_OBJECTIVES_SUMMARY |
Mission Objectives Overview =========================== The primary scientific objectives of the Apollo 15 mission were to: - Carry out a geological survey, comprehensive sampling, and photographic documentation in the Hadley-Apennine region; - Emplace and activate surface experiments; - Conduct experiments and photographic tasks from lunar orbit. This mission description was provided by the NASA National Space Science Data Center.
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| REFERENCE_DESCRIPTION |
Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report, NASA SP-289, 546 pages, published by NASA, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Davies, M.E., and T.R. Colvin, Lunar coordinates in the regions of the Apollo landers, Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 105, Issue E8, pages 20,227-20,280, 2000, doi:10.1029/1999JE001165.
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