#csm-112

The Apollo 15 Command Module Endeavour (CM-112) prior to and after being brought aboard U.S.S. OKINAWA (LPH-3).

Date: August 7, 1971

"An overall view of activity in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center at the conclusion of the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. The television monitor in the right background shows the welcome ceremonies aboard the prime recovery ship, U.S.S. OKINAWA (LPH-3), in the mid-Pacific Ocean."

Date: August 7, 1971

"Two images taken from a recovery helicopter of the Apollo Command Module Endeavour during its descent, showing all three main parachutes inflated, left, followed shortly by the collapse of one of the main parachutes."

"The Apollo 15 Command Module (CM), with astronauts David R. Scott, commander; Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot; and James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, aboard safely touches down in the mid-Pacific Ocean to conclude a highly successful lunar landing mission.

Although causing no harm to the crew men, one of the three main parachutes failed to function properly.

The splashdown occurred on August 7, 1971, some 330 miles north of Honolulu, Hawaii. The three astronauts were picked up by helicopter and flown to the prime recovery ship, USS OKINAWA (LPH-3), which was only 6 1/2 miles away."

Date: August 7, 1971

NASA ID: link, S71-42217, S71-41999, S71-43543, 71-H-1265, S71-43542, S71-43541, S71-41995

SDASM Archives: Casson_0095

Apollo 15 crew arrive aboard the U.S.S. OKINAWA (LPH-3) after recovery.

"Apollo 15 crew is greeted by Manned Spacecraft Center Director Robert Gilruth as they leave recovery helicopter."

"At the welcome ceremony on OKINAWA, (General Lucius D. Clay, left, Commander of the United States Air Force, Scott, Brigadier General Frank K. Everest, Commander of the U.S Air Force Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service, Worden, Irwin, and Rear Admiral Thomas B. Hayward, Commander of Task Force 130, Pacific Recovery Area."

Date: August 7, 1971

Recovery swimmers diving in to open up the Apollo 15 Command Module to release astronauts Worden, Irwin, and Scott into the recovery life raft.

Apollo 15 astronauts Alfred M. Worden, left, James B. Irwin, and David R. Scott in the recovery life raft after exiting their spacecraft.

Date: August 7, 1971

"The Apollo 15 Saturn V is seen from a camera located at the mobile launcher's 360-foot level at Launch Pad 39A during the countdown demonstration test (CDDT). Commander David R. Scott, Lunar Module Pilot James B. Irwin, and Command Module Pilot Alfred M. Worden, Jr. participated in the test as a final dress rehearsal for the launch to the moon."

Note: "Liquid oxygen vents from Apollo 15 Saturn V space vehicle during 'wet' portion of Countdown Demonstration Test"

Date: July 13, 1971

"Lightning streaks through the sky around the Apollo 15 stack of hardware prior to the Apollo 15 launch. The huge 363-feet tall Apollo 15 (CSM-112/LM-10/SA-510) space vehicle is scheduled to launch from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, at 9:34:00:79 p.m. (EDT) on July 26, 1971."

Date: July 25, 1971

Long distance shots of the launch of Apollo 15 Saturn V (CSM-112/LM-10/SA-510) from LC-39A.

Date: July 26, 1971