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The Apollo Story

Apollo 15 (AS-510) Hadley Rille
While previous crews had exited the Lunar Module shortly after landing, the crew of Apollo 15 elected to
spend the rest of the day· inside the LM, waiting until the next day to perform the first of three Extra-
vehicular activities (EVAs), or moonwalks, in order to preserve their sleep rhythm on a mission on which
they were to spend a significantly longer time on the surface than previous crews. Apollo 15 was to stay
on the lunar surface for sixty-seven hours - more than Apollo 11, 12 and 14 put together. Before they
slept, Scott performed a stand-up EVA, during which the LM was depressurised. He poked his head and
shoulders through Falcon's upper hatch to get a feel for their new home. Much of it was familiar from
training, but this did not detract form the majesty of the surroundings; the 11,000ft (3,350m) high Hadley
Delta Mountain to the south with the St George Crater, bigger than twenty-seven football fields, gouged
into its slopes he photographed their surroundings from the top docking hatch.

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APOLLO 15 Moon Landing

ANMIVERSARY l> MANS
FIRST WALK
ON THE MOON

Mr. Ernst Theiler
Base lstrasse 61.+
CE- 4153 Reinac_1
31,;i "'.:;zerland

APOLL015
A cover commemorating the
landing of the Lunar Module
on 30 July 1971 with a Cape
Canaveral postmark and a
hand stamped 'Anniversary of
mans first walk on the moon,'
which was on 21 July 1969.
On the right is a Manama 20
Riyals Air Mail stamp with
the same picture and com-
memorating the first man on
the Moon.

DAVID R. SCOTT
ALFRED M. WORDEN
JAMES B. IRWIN