Apollo 15 Mission Outline
I. Stand-up EVA (Hadley Crater)
A. Oral report of surroundings
1. Report any recognizable topographic features (mountains, craters, etc.).
Try to identify these features on a map and shoot bearings to these
features for a triangulation of the landing spot.
2. Report any unusual features (i.e. boulders or an unrecognizable
topographic feature).
3. Attempt to relate these features geologically.
B. Take photos of surroundings
1. Use Cameras (mapping, metric, stellar and panoramic; 500 mm lens
particularly useful for far-away features).
II. EVA 1
A. Station 1: Elbow Crater
1. Radial sampling
a. Collect samples at varying distances from the crater in order to account for varying depths at which material was projected.
b. Take pictures of samples using 500 mm lens.
2. Panoramic photography
a. Take pictures of surroundings.
B. Station 2: Northwest flank of St. George Crater
1. Gather rock and soil samples.
2. Obtain a double-length core tube sample.
3. Take photographs
a. 500-mm lens
b. Panoramic
C. Seatbelt Basalt: Half way between Station 2 and Lunar Module
1. Gather one sample, Dave Scott told Mission Control that he needed to adjust his -------------------seatbelt, but actually stoped the rover to collect an interesting sample.
D. ALSEP Deployment: 125 m NW of Lunar Module
1. Tools
a. Special Environmental Sample Container (SESC).
b. Core tube.
c. Hand Tool Carrier (HTC)
d. Hammer.
e. Drill.
f. Power Package
2. Experiments
a. Heat Flow Experiment (HFE)
b. Lunar Surface Magnetometer (LSM)
c. Passive Seismic Experiment (PSE)
d. Cold Cathode Gage (CCG)
e. Solar Wind Spectrometer (SWS)
f. Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment (SIDE)
g. Lunar Dust Detector (LDD)
h. Laser Ranging Retrofeflector (LSS)
III. EVA 2
A. Station 4: Dune Crater
1. Collect soil and rock samples.
2. Take photographs.
a. 500-mm lens
b. Panoramic
B. Station 6: Apennine Front
1. Collect soil and rock samples.
2. Take a core tube sample.
3. Dig a trench.
a. Collect a special environmental sample.
C. Station 6A: Apennine Front
1. Examine breccia boulder.
2. Take photographs.
a. 500-mm lens
b. Panoramic
D. Station 7: Spur Crater
1. Collect soil and rock samples.
a. 93 samples collected, including the “Genesis Rock”.
2. Panoramic photography.
E. Station 8: Near ALSEP Site
1. Collect special geologic samples.
2. Dig trench.
a. Collect special environmental sample.
3. ALSEP
a. Deployment of heat probe.
b. Drill a deep-core sample hole.
c. Deploy Self-Recording Penetrometer, which takes soil
mechanics measurements.
IV. EVA 3
A. Station 8: ALSEP Site
1. Retrieve deep-core.
2. Photograph lunar rover in motion.
B. Station 9: Hadley Rille
1. Collect rock and soil samples.
2. Perform panoramic photography.
C. Station 9A: Hadley Rille
1. Collect 103 soil and rock samples.
2. Take a double-length core tube sample.
3. Take photographs.
a. 500-mm lens
b. Stereoscopic panoramic photography
D. Station 10: Hadley Rille
1. Collect rock and soil samples.
2. Take photographs.
a. 500-mm lens
b. Stereoscopic panoramic photography