OTD in space – August 2: Apollo 15 makes 1st televised lunar liftoff

On Aug. 2, 1971, a lunar liftoff was televised for the first time. Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin spent ...
Space Coast Daily

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Apollo 15 Astronauts Landed on Moon at Hadley-Apennine 55 Years Ago

NASA astronauts Dave Scott and Jim Irwin landed the Apollo 15 lunar module Falcon in the Moon’s Hadley-Apennine region 55 ...
LAist

The Making Of Apollo's Command Module: 2 Engineers Recall Tragedy And Triumph

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Listen 6:30 Listen to the Story Look ...

Apollo boilerplate to be centrepiece of Powerhouse Parramatta's opening exhibition

It took 43 days and a custom cage to bring the 4.5-tonne test command module from Washington to Castle Hill in Sydney's north-west.
Astronomy

Go ‘behind the mission’ of Apollo 15

Some Moon missions get all the glory. Apollo 8 was the first to orbit the Moon. Apollo 11, the first to land. And Apollo 17 was the last crewed mission to the lunar surface — for now. Of course, each ...
Stars and Stripes

Air Force Museum marks 50th anniversary of Apollo 15 mission

(Tribune News Service) —The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force is marking the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 15 mission to the moon with one of that mission's defining moments: a replica of the ...
Astronomy

50 years since Apollo 15: Rovers reach the Moon

Watch the video version of this story above, with archival video, photos and audio. After three successful lunar landings — and the “successful failure” of Apollo 13 — NASA was ready to swing for the ...