NASA Photo ID: AS15-92-12424 File Name: 10075748.jpg
Film Type: 70mm BW Date Taken: 08/02/71
Title: Astronaut James Irwin uses scoop during Apollo 15 EVA
Description:
Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, uses a scoop in making a
trench in the lunar soil during Apollo 15 extravehicular activity (EVA).
Mount Hadley rises approximately 14,765 feet (about 4,500 meters) above
the plain in the background.
Subject terms:
APOLLO 15 FLIGHT
APOLLO PROJECT
ASTRONAUTS
EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY
LUNAR SOIL
LUNAR SURFACE
TOOLS
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