Sunday, August 1, 2021

The Explorers' Club, № DCCCXXXII

Operation AXIOM: Destination Moon—The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 15, Part II
30 July-2 August 1971: Scott & Irwin landed the Falcon between Hadley Rille & the Apennine Front; they conducted a stand-up E.V.A. & three surface E.V.A., using the Lunar Roving Vehicle to traverse 17.3 miles; they collected 170 pounds of samples, including the famed "Genesis Rock;" Worden took observations with a suite of new sensors in the Endeavour's Scientific Instrument Module (S.I.M.) bay.
Bonus! Moonshot Songs o' the Day: Apollo 15
The University of Michigan Marching Band, "The Victors" from Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue (Space Cadet Mike Papa DSKY)

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National Aeronautics & Space Administration, "Apollo 15 Excerpt 12" from The Apollo Missions (Space Cadet Mike Papa DSKY)
Commentary: Shortly before the end of the final E.V.A., CDR Scott conducted an experiment, dropping his geologist's hammer & a falcon feather, which struck the lunar surface at the same time, the lunar vacuum helping to confirm Galileo's theories about falling bodies.

Semper exploro.

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