Apollo 15: mission and targets
Data as of 2026-10-04
Dates declared by the archive
- Project start
- July 26, 1971
- Declared end
- August 7, 1971
The start the archive declares is the start of the project, not the launch, and an end it does not declare does not mean the mission is still running.
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Targets you can open in 3D:
A declared target is what the archive files the mission’s data under, not a record of observation.
Description published by the archive
The Apollo 15 was the fourth mission that allowed humans to walk on the Moon. It consisted of the Command and Service Module (CSM) and the Lunar Module (LM). The CSM took images of the surface and communicated with Earth. The LM carried the Astronauts and Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) to the surface.
Quoted in English, as the archive publishes it, read on October 4, 2026.
Other targets declared
- SOLAR WIND (plasma stream)
Source
Identifier in the archive, which is its citation: urn:nasa:pds:context:investigation:mission.apollo_15
NASA Planetary Data System, PDS Registry, investigation context products. Dates and targets read on September 29, 2026; how to cite the archive: https://pds.nasa.gov/datastandards/citing/