30 July 1971
Apollo 15 Hadley Landing
Pilots Falcon to a landing near Hadley Rille and the Apennine Mountains.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Hadley Rille in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Pilots Falcon to a landing near Hadley Rille and the Apennine Mountains.
Explores Hadley Rille with David Scott.
Views and photographs the landing area from Falcon’s upper hatch before the first surface traverse.
Helps deploy the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package during the first Apollo 15 surface excursion.
Helps deploy the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package during the first Apollo 15 surface EVA.
Explores the Hadley-Apennine region with Scott during the mission's first rover-supported lunar excursion.
Drives the first lunar rover during Apollo 15.
Navigates with Scott during the first operational use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle.
Collects the ancient anorthosite sample later nicknamed the Genesis Rock during exploration near Spur Crater.
Helps identify and collect the ancient anorthosite sample later nicknamed the Genesis Rock.
Works with Scott at Spur Crater when the crew collects the anorthosite sample known as the Genesis Rock.
Helps obtain a deep drill-core sample from beneath the lunar surface during Apollo 15.
Commands Falcon's ascent stage as it leaves the Moon to rendezvous with Endeavour.
Leaves the lunar surface with Scott aboard Falcon after three days of exploration.
Leads the third lunar surface excursion, completing geological sampling and experiment work.
Drops a hammer and feather together to demonstrate Galileo’s principle in the lunar vacuum.
Provenance
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