[1] Apollo 15 / Unidentified photographer
Apollo 15 launched from pad 39A
July 26, 1971
Vintage photograph with “This Paper Manufactured By Kodak” watermarks on the verso and NASA MSC caption with identifying number "71-HC-990".

[2] David Scott or James Irwin
David Scott and James Irwin’s prints footprints on the lunar surface
July 31, 1971
Vintage photograph with red NASA MSC number “AS15-88-11872” and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso.

[3] Apollo 15 / Unidentified photographer
The Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package on the moon
July 26-August 7, 1971
Vintage photograph with red NASA MSC number “AS15-86-11595” and “This Paper Manufactured By Kodak” watermarks on the verso.

[4] David Scott
James Irwin saluting the American flag
Apollo 15, July 26 - August 7, 1971, EVA 3, 163:59:32 GET
Vintage photograph with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso.

[5] Apollo 15 / Unidentified photographer
Apollo 15 Command Module touches down in the mid-Pacific Ocean
August 7, 1971
Vintage photograph with red NASA MSC number “S-71-43543” and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso with NASA MSC caption.
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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[1] The Apollo 15 Saturn V space vehicle carrying Astronauts David R. Scott, Alfred M. Worden and James B. Irwin lifted off to the Moon at 9:34 a.m. EDT, July 26, 1971, from the Kennedy Space Centre’s Launch Complex 39A.
From NASA caption.

[2] Apollo 15 was the fourth crewed mission of the United States program to land on the moon. This a snapshot of this mission with the footsteps of the astronauts and the tracks of the lunar rover tires visible.

[3] The Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) used on Apollo 15.

[4] After having been himself photographed next to the flag by James Irwin, David Scott took Irwin’s portrait. Few Apollo photographs have been reproduced more often than this colour photo of Irwin, the flag, the Rover, the LM and Mount Hadley Delta.

[5] The apollo 15 Command Module, with Astronauts David R. Scott, Alfred M. Worden, and James B. Irwin aboard, safely touches down in the mid-Pacific Ocean to conclude a highly successful lunar landing mission. Although causing no harm to the crewmen, one of the three parachutes failed to function properly. The splashdown occurred at 3:45:53 pm. (CDT), August 7, 1971, some 330 miles north of Honolulu, Hawaii. The three astronauts were picked up by helicopter and flown to the prime recovery ship, USS Okinawa, which was only 6 ½ miles away.
From NASA caption.