Missão Apollo 15. Missão a qual levou um jipe à Lua.

Astronomia Real · May 10, 2020 · 4:24 · Portuguese · Documentary

Video from the channel Astronomia Real about Apollo 15, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 4:24. Language: Portuguese. Video type: Documentary.

Short educational video about Apollo 15, launched on 26 July 1971: the fourth crewed mission to land on the Moon and the first to carry a surface vehicle, the electric lunar Rover, transported folded inside the lunar module.

The crew was made up of David Scott, Alfred Worden and James Irwin. Scott and Irwin spent three days on the surface collecting material while Worden remained in orbit in the command module. The mission brought back about 77 kg of samples, and the Rover covered a total of about 28 km.

The video highlights Scott's demonstration in front of the cameras: he released a hammer and a feather at the same time, and they reached the ground together since there was no air, just as Galileo had proposed.