Apollo 15 exploration of the Moon, July 1971. Panoramic montage view of US astronaut David Scott by the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during the Apollo 15 first lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA-1). The rover is parked on the edge of Hadley Rille. This view looks north along the rille. Apollo 15 was the fourth manned mission to land on the Moon. The lunar lander 'Falcon' touched down in the Hadley region of the Moon on 30 July 1971. Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin spent a total of 18.5 hours outside their spacecraft, carrying out three exploration trips (EVAs) with the LRV (used for the first time on this mission). Photographed by Irwin on 31 July 1971.