i. Astronaut James Irwin servicing the lunar rover beside the lunar module "Falcon", July 26-August 7, 1971
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered 'AS15-86-11602' in red on top margin on recto, with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso

ii. Astronaut James Irwin servicing the lunar rover beyond the silhouette of the lunar module "Falcon", July 26-August 7, 1971
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered 'AS15-88-11901' in red on top margin on recto, with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso

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The shadow of the lunar module "Falcon" is in the foreground (ii). On Apollo 15 the lunar rover enabled the first true scientific exploration of the Moon.

“When I look at the Moon I do not see a hostile, empty world. I see the radiant body where man has taken his first steps into a frontier that will never end.”
David Scott (National Geographic, September 1973, “What Is It Like to Walk on the Moon?”, p. 329)