Just two years after the first men walked on the moon, some astronauts drove a buggy on it. Although astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin described the Lunar Roving Vehicle more like a ...

On July 26, 1971, at 9:34 am EDT, Apollo 15 lifted off the Pad A of Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center on the first true lunar exploration mission. Using an improved Lunar Module, the ninth ...

On July 30, 1971 Apollo 15 astronauts Dave Scott and Jim Irwin landed the lunar module Falcon as some in San Diego watched and prayed. The San Diego engineers at Teledyne Ryan responsible for the ...

Some Moon missions get all the glory. Apollo 8 was the first to orbit the Moon. Apollo 11, the first to land. And Apollo 17 was the last crewed mission to the lunar surface — for now. Of course, each ...

An overview of the history and accomplishments of NASA's Apollo missions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Apollo program was ...

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Fifty years after the Apollo 15 crew visited the moon, members of the family of astronaut Jim Irwin, the lunar module pilot who also drove the lunar rover, unveiled his NASA ...