Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot Jim Irwin left NASA and became a Baptist minister.

CNN: After walking on moon, astronauts trod various paths

When the Apollo 15 astronauts wanted to name their lunar landscape after him, they fixed on Dandelion Crater.

ECONOMIST: Ray Bradbury

Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott took a specially made Bulova stopwatch with him to the moon while inside the Command Module Endeavor and the Lunar Module Falcon.

FORBES: Apollo 15 Bulova Moon Watch Up for Auction at Bonhams

In 1971, "Apollo 15" was launched from Cape Kennedy.

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