Earth's Crest Over the Lunar Horizon

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This view of the Earth's crest over the lunar horizon was taken during the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission
Apollo 15 launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on July 26, 1971
Aboard was a crew of three astronauts: David R
Scott, James B
Irwin, and Alfred M
Worden
The primary scientific objectives were to observe the lunar surface, survey and sample material and surface features in a preselected area
of the Hadley-Apennine region, setup and activation of surface experiments and conduct in-flight experiments and photographic tasks from
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