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“Hello, Houston, the Endeavour’s on station with cargo, and what a fantastic sight.” David Scott could not contain his delight at his close-up view of the Moon as soon as Apollo 15 came back into communications with Houston on emerging around the eastern limb.
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Woods, W.D. (2011). Preparations for landing. In: How Apollo Flew to the Moon. Springer Praxis Books, vol 0. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7179-1_9
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