NASA Photo ID: S71-42951 File Name: 10075776.jpg
Film Type: 120mm Date Taken: 08/13/71
Title: View of lunar sample no. 15415 in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory
Description:
A close-up view of Apollo 15 lunar sample no. 15415 in the Non-Sterile
Nitrogen Processing Line (NNPL) in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL) at
the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). This sample is the white anorthositic
rock (Genesis Rock) collected by Astronauts David R. Scott and James B.
Irwin in container no. 196 at Site no. 7 at a Ground Elapsed Time of 145
hours and 42 minutes, on the mission's second extravehicular activity
(EVA).
Subject terms:
APOLLO 15 FLIGHT
APOLLO PROJECT
LABORATORIES
LUNAR ROCKS
LUNAR SOIL
SAMPLES
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