Of course, each mission was a crucial milestone. But collective memory can be fickle. Which brings us to Apollo 15. By the time this mission landed 50 years ago, public interest in and political ...

Apollo 15 was the fourth American space mission to land men on the moon. On the historic 40th anniversary, we celebrate the often-overlooked voyage. See the full slideshow at LIFE.com. NASA's ...

Remastered photos obtained by USA TODAY show new images of the Apollo 15 mission at its 50th anniversary. The photos were enhanced by the author of “Apollo Remastered,” Andy Saunders.

On July 26, 1971, at 9:34 am EDT, Apollo 15 lifted off the Pad A of Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center on the first true lunar exploration mission. Using an improved Lunar Module ...

Worden, command model pilot; and James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, who make up the prime crew for the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. In March of 1971, two astronauts prepare for the upcoming ...

On July 26, 1971, NASA launched Apollo 15, the fourth successful mission to touch down on the moon. The Saturn V rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center at 9:34 a.m. The mission was ...

the agency announced the scrapping of Apollo 19 as well as the original mission slated for Apollo 15 (Apollo 16 was renumbered 15, thereby giving the remaining two missions numbers 16 and 17).

Six more Apollo missions followed from 1969 through 1972 ... This week, Aldrin, Bean, Mitchell, Duke, Schmitt, Lovell and Apollo 15 command module pilot Al Worden answer questions from KidNews ...

(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 ...

A camera used on the 1971 Apollo 15 Moon mission sold for almost a million dollars at an auction late last week. The Hasselblad 500 series, customized for use in space, was used by astronaut Jim ...

Here’s how it works. Apollo 15, which launched on July 26, 1971, marked the beginning of NASA's most challenging crewed missions to the moon. This mission featured the longest stay yet on the ...