The Apollo 15 crew is welcomed home.
The crew of the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission, receive a warm welcome home at Ellington Air Force Base in Houston after returning from space. Left to right are astronauts David R. Scott, commander; Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot; and James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot. Apollo 15 splashed down in the mid-Pacific on Aug. 7, 1971, approximately 330 miles north of Honolulu. Members of the astronauts’ families identifiable in the picture are, left to right, Scott’s daughter, Tracy; Worden’s father, Merrill Worden; Worden’s daughter, Merrill; and Irwin’s two daughters, Joy and Jill.