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Apollo 15: Moon Landing

on BBC One London

At two minutes past 11 pm, nine miles above the Moon, astronauts Scott and Irwin are due to fire the rocket that will land them among the Apennine mountains of the Moon. James Burke and Patrick Moore follow the last crucial moments as Apollo 15 comes in over the mountains which rise 14,000 feet above the landing site, attempting to touch down just short of a canyon 1,000 feet deep.
Touchdown on the Moon due at 11.15 pm

Also in the Space studio:
Geoffrey Pardoe Director of Space Projects, Hawker Siddeley
Wg Cdr Tony Nicholson RAF Medical Branch
and Dr Eugene Shoemaker, Astrogeologist, former head of NASA's Geology Section
Presented by the BBC Apollo Space Unit
(The Moon Buggy: pages 8-9)

Contributors

Presenter:
James Burke
Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Guest:
Geoffrey Pardoe
Guest:
Wg Cdr Tony Nicholson
Guest:
Dr Eugene Shoemaker

BBC One London

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