Apollo 15 . Return to Apollo 15 . ... S71-43203 (9 Aug. 1971) --- Astronauts David R. Scott, left foreground, and James B. Irwin, right foreground, join the Manned Spacecraft Center's (MSC) geologists in getting first looks at some of the first Apollo 15 samples to be opened in the Non-Sterile Nitrogen Processing Line (NNPL) in the MSC Lunar Receiving Laboratory. ... Partially obscured, near center of photo is Dr. William Phinney, and to his left is Dr. James W. Head. ...