Apollo 15: Irwin Scoops up Soil

Description: Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, uses a scoop in making a trench in the lunar soil during Apollo 15 extravehicular activity (EVA). Mount Hadley rises approximately 14,765 feet (about 4,500 meters) above the plain in the background.

 

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Credit: NASA

Image Number: AS15-92-12424

Date: August 2, 1971

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