Apollo 15 Activities Timeline
  A description of Apollo 15 surface activities, organized by elapsed time. Click on the location links to visit station pages.
   
  EVA Location Elapsed Time
HH:MM:SS
Activity
  Stand-up Station 8 (LM) 104:42:29 Lunar Landing
106:42:49 Start Stand-up EVA
107:15:56 End Stand-up EVA
  EVA 1 119:39:17 Lunar Module Depressurized
119:54:54 Deploy Television Camera
120:00:05 Collect Contingency Sample
120:18:31 Offload Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV)
121:24:03 Configure LRV for traverse
121:44:55 Depart for Station 1
Station 1 122:10:46 Arrive at Station 1
Perform radial sampling
Collect Documented Samples
Panoramic Photography
122:22:36 Depart for Station 2
Station 2 122:34:44 Arrive Station 2
Collect Rock and Soil samples
Collect Double Drive core sample
Stereopanoramic and 500-mm photography
123:26:02 Depart for Lunar Module (Station 8)
Station 8 (ALSEP site) 123:59:39 Arrive at ALSEP site(Station 8)
Offload and Deploy Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP)
Deploy Laser Ranging Retroreflector
Deploy Solar Wind Composition Experiment
- 125:18:00 First Data from ALSEP received on Earth
Station 8 (LM) 126:11:59 Lunar Module Repressurized
  EVA 2 142:14:48 Lunar Module Depressurized
142:25:04 Prepare equipment for LRV traverse
143:10:43 Depart for Station 6
Station 6 143:53:46 Arrive Station 6
Gather rock and soil samples
Collect a single drive core sample
Collect Special Environmental sample from a trench
Panoramic and 500-mm photography
144:58:49 Depart for Station 6a
Station 6a 145:01:11 Arrive Station 6a
Gather rock and soil samples
Panoramic photography
145:22:40 Depart for Station 7
Station 7 145:26:25 Arrive Station 7
Gather selected rock and soil samples
Collect Comprehensive Soil Sample
Panoramic photography
146:16:09 Depart for Station 4
Station 4 146:28:59 Arrive Station 4
Collect rock and soil samples
Panoramic photography
146:45:44 Depart for LM (Station 8)
Station 8 (LM) 147:08:09 Arrive at LM
Offload Samples
Configure LRV for traverse to ALSEP site (Station 8)
147:19:33 Depart for ALSEP site (Station 8)
Station 8 (ALSEP site) 147:21:15 Arrive ALSEP site (Station 8)
Collect Comprehensive Geologic Sample
Collect Special Environmental Sample from trench
Drill second heat Flow hole and emplace probe
Drill Deep Drill Core Sample hole
Penetrometer measurements
148:31:08 Depart for LM
Station 8 (LM) 148:32:17 Arrive at LM
Deploy flag
149:27:02 Lunar Module Repressurized
  EVA 3 163:18:14 Lunar Module Depressurized
164:04:23 Depart for ALSEP site (Station 8)
Station 8 (ALSEP site) 164:09:00 Arrive ALSEP site (station 8)
Recover Deep Drill Core Sample
Photograph LRV operation
164:48:05 Depart for Station 9
Station 9 165:01:22 Arrive at Station 9
Collect rock and soil samples
Panoramic photography
165:16:50 Depart for Station 9a
Station 9a 165:19:26 Arrive Station 9a
Extensive sample collection
Collect Double Drive Core Sample
Stereoscopic Panoramic and 500-mm photography
166:14:25 Depart for Station 10
Station 10 166:16:45 Arrive Station 10
Collect rock and soil samples
Panoramic and 500-mm photography
166:28:49 Depart for ALSEP site (Station 8)
Station 8 (ALSEP site) 166:43:40 Arrive ALSEP site (Station 8)
Recover Deep Drill Core sample
Photography
Station 8 (LM) 166:45:45 Arrive at LM and begin close-out procedures
167:32:15 Depart for final positioning of the LRV to obtain TV coverage of ascent
167:35:24 LRV positioned
168:08:04 Lunar Module Repressurized
    - 171:37:23 Lunar ascent
181:29:37 Lunar Module impact
  * Timeline from the MSC-07230 Apollo 16 Mission Report Table 4-I Lunar Surface Extravehicular Activity Events
   
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  Download "Cross-Reference of Lunar Samples with Locations, Photographs, Apollo-Elapsed Times, and Excerpts from Air-to-Ground Transcript". From Interagency Report: Astrogeology 51: Documentation and environment of the Apollo 16 samples: A preliminary report.