NASA Photo ID: S71-41512           File Name: 10075757.jpg
Film Type: 35mm BW                 Date Taken: 08/02/71
Title: Apollo 15 Lunar Module "Falcon" seen before ascent stage liftoff
Description:
The Apollo 15 Lunar Module "Falcon" is seen only seconds before ascent
stage  liftoff in this black and white reproduction taken from a color
transmission  made by the RCA color television camera mounted on the Lunar
Roving Vehicle  (LRV). The LRV was parked about 300 feet east of the Lunar
Module (LM). The  LM liftoff was at 171:37 ground elapsed time. The LM
descent stage is used as  a launching platform and remains behind on the
Moon (41511); The flame from  the Apollo 15 LM ascent stage engine creates
a kaleidoscope effect during  lunar liftoff. In this view, the two stages
are beginning to separate  (41512); The LM descent stage rests alone on the
Moon shortly after the  ascent stage liftoff from the lunar surface. The
lunar soil dust cloud  stirred up by the ascent stage engine thrust has
already settled (41513).           

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