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Apollo 15 (AS-510) Hadley Rille
Apollo 15 blasted off on 26 July 1971. In command of an all-air force crew was
David Scott who previously flew on Apollo l 0, joined by newbies Al Worden
CM pilot, and James Irwin LM pilot. Their destination was Hadley Rille, a
snaking canyon in the Mare Imbrium surrounded by the Appenine Mountains.
This made it the most challenging landing so far, with Flacon the most heavily
laden LM.

APOLLO 15 Launch

Mr . Ernst Theiler
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Two launch covers one signed by the LM pilot, James 'Jim' Irwin

Trailing 500 feet of orange flame, America's mightiest rocket lifted
Apollo 15 toward the Moon at 9:34 A.M. today. The 3 Astronauts
Scott, Worden and Irwin whiled away almost 2 orbits around earth
preparing for the 75Y, hour journey across space. Then as they
passed over Hawaii, they fired up the booster rocket engine and
5 minutes and 52 seconds later, t he engine cut off and Apollo 15
raced off at 24,278 miles an hour, ripping from earth's gravity to
head for the Moon's Apennine Mountains.