Astronaut James Irwin Salutes the Flag, Apollo 15
NASA (photograph by David Scott) · 1971
Why it's great
Astronaut James Irwin salutes the flag beside the lunar module and the moon buggy, the lunar rover, in 1971. Apollo 15 was the first mission to use a rover on the Moon, and David Scott took the picture.
🏛️ Part of history
The Space Race & the Moon Landing (1957–1972) — Astronaut James Irwin salutes the flag beside the lunar module and the moon buggy, the lunar rover, in 1971.
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David Scott, born in 1932 in Texas, was an American astronaut who flew to the Moon as commander of Apollo 15 in 1971. He took photographs of his crewmate James Irwin on the surface and the lunar rover.
