Lunar Roving Vehicle: the story
Lunar Roving Vehicle · Chapter 1 of 8
26 July 1971
Launch
Lunar Roving Vehicle left Earth on a Saturn V from Launch Complex 39A.
Lunar Roving Vehicle · Chapter 2 of 8
30 July 1971
Arrival
Folded on the Lunar Module at Hadley–Apennine.
Lunar Roving Vehicle · Chapter 3 of 8
June 1971
Rehearsal
David Scott and James Irwin practised with the rover at Kennedy Space Center before flight.
Lunar Roving Vehicle · Chapter 4 of 8
26 July 1971
Liftoff
Apollo 15's Saturn V lifted off from Pad 39A at 9:34 a.m. EDT.
Lunar Roving Vehicle · Chapter 5 of 8
31 July 1971
First drive
On the first moonwalk Irwin worked at the rover, with the lunar module Falcon close by and Mount Hadley behind.
Lunar Roving Vehicle · Chapter 6 of 8
1971
Alone at Hadley
Photographed on its own during the third moonwalk, looking north toward Mount Hadley.
Lunar Roving Vehicle · Chapter 7 of 8
2 August 1971
Watching them leave
The colour TV camera on the parked rover showed Mission Control the liftoff of Falcon's ascent stage.
Lunar Roving Vehicle · Chapter 8 of 8
2 August 1971
Last signal
Parked away from the lander, the rover's TV camera broadcast the crew's liftoff to Earth, then stayed behind.
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