<p>Apollo 15 Hasselblad image from film magazine  86/NN - EVA-1 &amp; 2.<br>A labeled version of this photo is figure 5-55 of the <i>Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report</i> (NASA SP-289, 1972), which has the following caption:<br>Presampling, cross-Sun photograph, looking south, of samples 15017 to 15019, 15027, and 15028, collected immediately southwest of the LM.<br>The piece of hardware near center is labeled "high gain antenna connector cap, 5-cm diameter" in the figure.
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From the <i>Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Journal</i>:<br>The piece of hardware on the ground is probably a so-called "pip-pin" that was pulled off the Rover during the deployment.
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