Episodes Tagged with "Lunar Rover"

Jul 29

Space Rocket History #344 – Apollo 15 – Oxygen Leak, Glass Ball, First Steps & The Lunar Rover

Posted on July 29, 2020

After a good nights sleep, Houston woke the astronauts up an hour early the next morning because of a slight oxygen leak. Irwin Nearly FallsGreen Glass ClodsLunar Rover

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Tagged:Al Worden, Apollo, Apollo 15, Dave Scott, Jim Irwin, Lunar Rover

Aug 12

Space Rocket History #345 – Apollo 15 – The Lunar Rover & Traverse 1

Posted on August 12, 2020

The whole stripped-down rover weighed about 455 pounds on Earth but only 76 pounds on the moon and was built to carry 2 1/2 times its weight at a maximum speed of about 10 miles per hour. LRV Deployment InstructionsRover DeployedTraverse Map

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Tagged:Al Worden, Apollo 15, Dave Scott, Elbow Crater, Jim Irwin, Lunar Rover, Mt Hadley

Aug 26

Space Rocket History #346 – Apollo 15 – Traverse 2-Part 1

Posted on August 26, 2020

Suddenly, Scott called out that the Rover was beginning to slide down the hill. As the back wheels came off the ground, Scott quickly got back on to hold the rover down. Dave on RoverLM in the DistanceBoulder at Station 6A

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Tagged:Al Worden, Apollo 15, Dave Scott, Jim Irwin, Lee Silver, Lunar Rover, Mt Hadley, Spur Crater

Sep 9

Space Rocket History #347 – Apollo 15 – Traverse 2-Part 2 – The Genesis Rock

Posted on September 9, 2020

Both men realized what they had discovered. The rock was almost entirely plagioclase. This was surely a chunk of anorthosite, a piece of the primordial crust, the Genesis Rock. Genesis RockGlass Found at Spur CraterIrwin Digging a Trench

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Tagged:Al Worden, Apollo 15, Dave Scott, Jim Irwin, Lee Silver, Lunar Rover, Mt Hadley, Spur Crater

Sep 23

Space Rocket History #348 – Apollo 15 – Traverse 3

Posted on September 23, 2020

“We pray for one last landing On the globe that gave us birth; Let us rest our eyes on the fleecy skies And the cool, green hills of Earth.” Robert A. Heinlein Hadley RilleHammer & FeatherAstronaut Memorial

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Tagged:Al Worden, Apollo 15, Dave Scott, Jim Irwin, Lee Silver, Lunar Rover, Mt Hadley, Spur Crater