Person depicted
James B. Irwin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1930 – 1991, Glenwood Springs, Colorado)
Marks
Typewritten in black ink, paper verso, beginning upper left, sideways: [NASA logo] National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Houston, Texas 77058 / No copyright is asserted for this photograph. If a recognizable person appears in the photo, use for commercial purposes may / infringe a right of privacy or publicity. It may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NASA or by any NASA employee of / a commercial product, process or service, or used in any other manner that might mislead. Accordingly, it is requested that if this / photograph is used in advertising and other commercial promotion, layout and copy be submitted to NASA prior to release. / COLOR / 1 AUGUST 1971 / AS15-88-11866 / MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS / APOLLO 15 EVA VIEW — Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, gives a military / salute while standing beside the deployed United States flag during the Apollo 15 lunar / surface Extravehicular Activity (EVA) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. The flag was / deployed toward the end of EVA-2. The Lunar Module (LM) “Falcon” is in the center. / On the right is the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). This view is looking almost due south. / Hadley Delta in the background rises approximately 4,000 meters (about 13,124 feet) / above the plain. The base of the mountain is approximately 5 kilometers (about 3/ statue miles) away. This photograph was taken by astronaut David R. Scott, Apollo 15 / commander. While astronauts Scott and Irwin descended in the LM to explore the / Moon, astronaut Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot, remained with the / Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar-orbit.
Typewritten in black ink, paper verso, lower left, sideways: PHOTO CREDIT: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration.