Apollo 15's Home on the Moon
			
		
		
			Credit: 
Apollo 15 Crew, 
NASA
		
		
			Could you ever call this place home? The 
lunar module 
shown above, named "Falcon," served as home for 
Apollo 15
astronauts 
David 
Scott and 
James 
Irwin during their stay on the Moon in
July and August 1971. Meanwhile, astronaut 
Alfred 
Worden circled in the command module overhead.
Harsh sunlight on the grey lunar surface lends the image an eerie quality,
while the
Lunar Apennine Mountains frame the background.  Mount
Hadley Delta is visible on the right.  Visible in the foreground are tracks
from the first 
Lunar Roving Vehicle, 
an electric car which enabled the
astronauts to explore extended areas on the lunar surface.  
Apollo 15 
confirmed that most lunar surface features were created by
impacts.
Rocks returned by the 
Apollo 15 
crew included green glasses whose formation
mechanism is still unclear.