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New page: thumb|right|200px '''Apollo 15''' was a lunar mission launched by NASA on July 26, 1971. It landed on the Moon on August 7<ref>http://www.astronautix.co...
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'''Apollo 15''' was a [[Moon|lunar]] mission launched by [[NASA]] on July 26, 1971. It landed on the Moon on August 7<ref>http://www.astronautix.com/flights/apollo15.htm</ref>, and was crewed by James Irwin<ref>http://www.astronautix.com/astros/irwin.htm</ref>, David Scott<ref>http://www.astronautix.com/astros/scott.htm</ref>, and Alfred Worden<ref>http://www.astronautix.com/astros/worden.htm</ref>.
On the return trip, one of the three main parachutes failed, forcing the spacecraft to make a [[splashdown]], reminescent of [[Apollo 13]]'s splashdown in 1970.
'''Apollo 15''' was a [[Moon|lunar]] mission launched by [[NASA]] on July 26, 1971. It landed on the Moon on August 7<ref>http://www.astronautix.com/flights/apollo15.htm</ref>, and was crewed by James Irwin<ref>http://www.astronautix.com/astros/irwin.htm</ref>, David Scott<ref>http://www.astronautix.com/astros/scott.htm</ref>, and Alfred Worden<ref>http://www.astronautix.com/astros/worden.htm</ref>.
On the return trip, one of the three main parachutes failed, forcing the spacecraft to make a [[splashdown]], reminescent of [[Apollo 13]]'s splashdown in 1970.