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DescriptionFallen Astronaut.jpg	English: View of Commemorative plaque left on moon at Hadley-Apennine landing site. A close-up view of a commemorative plaque left on the Moon at the Hadley-Apennine landing site in memory of 14 NASA astronauts and USSR cosmonauts, now deceased. Their names are inscribed in alphabetical order on the plaque. The plaque was stuck in the lunar soil by Astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin during their Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity. The tiny, man-like object represents the figure of a fallen astronaut/cosmonaut.
Date	2 August 1971
Source	Original image at [1] Another: http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/caption_direct.jsp?photoId=AS15-88-11894
Author	NASA
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	This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
	Warnings: Use of NASA logos, insignia and emblems is restricted per U.S. law 14 CFR 1221. The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet/ Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain. Materials based on Hubble Space Telescope data may be copyrighted if they are not explicitly produced by the STScI. [2] See also {{PD-Hubble}} and {{Cc-Hubble}}. The SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use. [3] Images featured on the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) web site may be copyrighted. [4] The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) site has been known to host copyrighted content. Its photo gallery FAQ states that all of the images in the photo gallery are in the public domain "Unless otherwise noted."

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current	13:01, 12 November 2012	1,306 × 1,306 (500 KB)	Craigboy	Darkened
	04:05, 30 October 2011	1,306 × 1,306 (471 KB)	Craigboy	Slightly higher res http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo15/html/as15-88-11894.html
	11:54, 15 July 2009	1,024 × 1,024 (577 KB)	Latente Flickr	hires from GAPE http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=AS15&roll=88&frame=11894
	06:28, 28 March 2006	271 × 270 (33 KB)	Underbar dk
	06:25, 28 March 2006	543 × 541 (132 KB)	Underbar dk