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Apollo 15

Saturn V

Mon, 26 Jul 1971 13:34:00 GMT

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Historical mission record

This page records Saturn V | Apollo 15 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.

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Launch Successful

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Mission

Apollo 15 was the 9th manned mission in the Apollo program and 4th to land on the moon. It was a successful mission although controversial as the astronauts carried unauthorized postage stamps which they planned to sell. Commander David Scott, Lunar Module Pilot James Irwin and Command Module Pilot Alfred Worden were on board. The Mission lasted 12 days 7 hours, which included 1 cislunar EVA and 4 lunar surface EVA's. This was also the first mission the lunar rover was used.

Launch vehicle: Saturn V
Mission type: Human Exploration
Destination orbit: Lunar Orbit
Spacecraft: Apollo Endeavour CSM-112
Destination: Lunar Orbit where the LM would detach and land on the Moon.
Launch pad: Launch Complex 39A
Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Programs: Apollo

The vehicle

Published configuration and flight history.

Launch vehicle

Saturn V

The Saturn V was a human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. Most notably, the Saturn V took the Apollo program to the Moon. It still remains the world's tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status and is the only launch vehicle to take humans beyond LEO.

Height: 110.6 m
Diameter: 10.1 m
Stages: 3
Recorded launches: 13
First flight: 1967-11-09