First Looks at Lunar Samples
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Astronauts David R. Scott, left foreground, and James B. Irwin, right foreground, join the Manned Spacecraft Center's geologists in getting first looks at some of the first Apollo 15 samples to be opened in the Non-Sterile Nitrogen Processing Line in the MSC Lunar Receiving Laboratory (NASA).
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NASA Image and Video Library
August 9, 1971
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Post-Flight
Genesis Rock at the Lab
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David Scott inspects the "Genesis Rock" at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center (known as the Manned Spacecraft Center at the time).
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NASA Image and Video Library
August 12, 1971
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Background on the Genesis Rock can be found here: https://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15.spur.html
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Post-Flight
Mission Control after Splashdown
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Control Room personnel in Houston watch welcoming ceremonies taking place on the Okinawa after Apollo 15's landing (NASA).
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August 7, 1971
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Post-Flight
Mission Control During EVA 3, 1
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Scientist-astronaut Joseph P. Allen, left, directs the attention of astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr., to an occurrence out of view at right in the Mission Control Center's Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR), while Dr. Donald K. (Deke) Slayton, on right with back to camera, views activity of Apollo 15 on a large screen at the front of the MOCR. Astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin are seen on the screen performing tasks of the mission's third extravehicular activity (NASA).
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NASA Image and Video Library
August 2, 1971
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EVA 3
Mission Control During EVA 3, 2
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Gerald D. Griffin, foreground, stands near his console in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) during Apollo 15's third EVA on the lunar surface. Astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin can be seen on the large screen at the front of the MOCR as they participate in sample-gathering on the lunar surface (NASA)
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NASA Image and Video Library
August 2, 1971
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EVA 3