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Which of these was a duty performed by Worden while in the CM during the Apollo 15 mission?
Cooking meals
Taking photographs of the Moon
Checking the landing gear
Disassembling and reassembling of equipment
Answer
Taking photographs of the Moon was one of the primary tasks assigned to Al Worden during his time in the Command Module (CM) during the Apollo 15 mission. While his crewmates, David R. Scott and James B. Irwin, descended to the lunar surface in the Lunar Module (LM), Worden remained in the CM, orbiting the Moon and capturing high-quality photographs of its surface.
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