This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration. |
A Trip Into Space Earth Moon The Apollo 11 Mission - First Human Landing The Moon - Surface Picture Of Astronaut, Rover And Rim Of Hadley Rille | |
See also: Moon Fact Sheet |
Apollo 15 astronaut James Irwin and the rover at the edge of Hadley Rille on the Moon. David Scott took this Hasselblad picture looking northwestward from the flank of St. George crater. The rille has been widened and made shallower over time by wasting from the walls. Talus blocks are visible on the walls and on the floor of the rille. (Apollo 15, AS15-85-11451)
Last Update: 2004-Nov-27