Counting Down to Apollo

One American's account of watching humanity reach the Moon

Archive: July 1971

Driving on the Moon
Apollo 15 July 31, 1971

Driving on the Moon

Dave Scott drove the Lunar Rover on the Moon today and the television camera on the rover broadcast it live. I watched the Moon scroll past — the mountains, the craters, the edge of Hadley Rille — from my living room. Scott's voice narrating the drive. I will never get…
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Four Wheels on the Moon
Apollo 15 July 26, 1971

Four Wheels on the Moon

Apollo 15 launched today and Dave Scott is going to drive a car on the Moon. The Lunar Roving Vehicle — four wheels, electric motor, built by Boeing — will be folded in the descent stage and deployed on the surface. I've been looking forward to this mission more than…
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