
The end of July marked Apollo 15’s 50th anniversary. (NASA / JSC / ASU /Andy Saunders)
The end of July marked the Apollo 15 mission’s 50th anniversary. And now, thanks to Andy Saunders’ restoration of the mission’s imagery, we can take a crystal clear look back into the past.
Apollo 15 took astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin to the surface of the moon. The two, along with Alfred M. Worden, who stayed in orbit, entered lunar orbit on July 29, 1971, and spent their time on the moon conducting spacewalks and collecting 170 pounds of rock and