NASA Photo ID: AS15-88-11894       File Name: 10075743.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 08/01/71
Title: View of Commemorative plaque left on moon at Hadley-Apennine landing site
Description:
A close-up view of a commemorative plaque left on the Moon at the 
Hadley-Apennine landing site in memory of 14 NASA astronauts and USSR 
cosmonauts, now deceased. Their names are inscribed in alphabetical order
on  the plaque. The plaque was stuck in the lunar soil by Astronauts David
R.  Scott and James B. Irwin during their Apollo 15 lunar surface
extravehicular  activity. The tin, man-like object represents the figure of
a fallen  astronaut/cosmonaut.               
Subject terms:
APOLLO 15 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
LUNAR LANDING SITES                     
LUNAR SOIL                              
LUNAR SURFACE                           
PLAQUES                                 

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