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Apollo 15 lunar sample no. 15415 during second EVA
This view, photographed during the second Apollo 15 extravehicular activity (EVA-2) on Aug. 1, 1971, documents the white anorthositic rock, officially designated as sample no. 15415 on the lunar surface. The rock sits atop the near corner of the crusty "pedestal" rock near the gnomon. Astronaut David R. Scott, commander, took this photograph soon after he and Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, cmae across the white rock near Spur Crater, Station 7, on the Apennine Front.
Catalog Date: 01 August 1971
Film Type: 70mm
NASA image: AS15-86-11671