When missions headed to the moon from 1969 to 1972, their vessels were packed with items for research, survival, safety, and emergency. Some of these items were meant to be left behind and some were to return to Earth. Last minute changes to these items were recorded in a second inventory. You'll help researchers better understand the details of the lunar missions with these Apollo 15 Revision Notices.
**NOTE** For obvious reasons the stowage lists had to be prepared several weeks in advance of the launch. Planning, however, went on up to the last minute. For most missions stowage list changes were reported in "Revision Notices" - lists amended just prior to launch. These lists contain "Change Date" and "Change Reason" fields, which should be transcribed using the same conventions as the stowage location field and the dates using the mm-dd-yyyy format, as described in the instructions.
When missions headed to the moon from 1969 to 1972, their vessels were packed with items for research, survival, safety, and emergency. Some of these items were meant to be left behind and some were to return to Earth. Last minute changes to these items were recorded in a second inventory. You'll help researchers better understand the details of the lunar missions with these Apollo 15 Revision Notices.
**NOTE** For obvious reasons the stowage lists had to be prepared several weeks in advance of the launch. Planning, however, went on up to the last minute. For most missions stowage list changes were reported in "Revision Notices" - lists amended just prior to launch. These lists contain "Change Date" and "Change Reason" fields, which should be transcribed using the same conventions as the stowage location field and the dates using the mm-dd-yyyy format, as described in the instructions.
Apollo 15 was the first mission to carry a lunar rover, as well as a battery of new instruments for science in lunar orbit. Launched July 26, 1971, this twelve-day flight was piloted by David Scott, Alfred Worden and James Irwin. NASA made major spacecraft modifications to carry a scientific instrument bay in the service module, to place a greater payload on the lunar surface, to stay longer, and to carry a rover. The astronauts landed on a dramatic and scientifically important site near the foot of mountains and not far from a deep volcanic valley.
The mission was equipped with a wide variety of gear, provisions, tools and equipment. Some of the items were left on the lunar surface or discarded with spent portions of their spacecraft. Compare and explore the contents with the "As Flown" Stowage lists of Apollo 15. Some were returned in the command module and many form the basis of one of the largest collections of objects in the National Air and Space Museum collection. You can make a difference in what we understand about the missions by transcribing and reviewing these notices.