Кто был капитаном «Аполло́н-15»?
Apollo 15 used command and service module CSM-112, which was given the call sign "Endeavour", named after HMS "Endeavour" and lunar module LM-10, call sign "Falcon", named after the United States Air Force Academy mascot. Scott explained the choice of the name "Endeavour" on the grounds that its captain, James Cook had commanded the first purely scientific sea voyage, and Apollo 15 was the first lunar landing mission on which there was a heavy emphasis on science. Apollo 15 took with it a small piece of wood from Cook's ship; "Falcon" carried two falcon feathers to the Moon; all three Apollo 15 astronauts were Air Force officers.
Technicians at the Kennedy Space Center had some problems with the instruments in the service module's SIM bay. Some instruments were late in arriving, and principal investigators or representatives of NASA contractors sought additional testing or to make small changes. Mechanical problems came from the fact the instruments were designed to operate in zero gravity, but had to be tested on the surface of the Earth. As such, things like the 7.5 m (24 ft) booms for the mass and gamma ray spectrometers could only be tested using equipment that tried to mimic the space environment, and, in space, the mass spectrometer boom several times did not fully retract.
On the lunar module, the fuel and oxidizer tanks were enlarged on both the descent and ascent stages and the engine bell on the descent stage was extended. Batteries and solar cells were added for increased electrical power. In all this increased the weight of the lunar module to , heavier than previous models.
James Cook