Apollo 15 to Apollo 12, and since Apollo 11's backup crew had been designated for Apollo 13 (which did not land on the Moon), they were the first Apollo crew for a successful lunar landing mission to have backed up another such mission. Having had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the Apollo spacecraft, they could devote more of their training time as prime crew for Apollo 15 to geology and sampling techniques. The astronauts at NASA who were scientists, such as geologist Harrison Schmitt, pushed though the early Apollo missions for a greater place for science as part of the mission,
Tom Hanks the title role in the romantic comedy "Larry Crowne". The movie received poor reviews, with only 35% of the 175 Rotten Tomatoes reviews giving it high ratings. Also in 2011, he starred in the drama film "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close". In 2012, he voiced the character Cleveland Carr for a web series he created titled "Electric City". He also starred in the Wachowskis-directed film adaptation of the novel of the same name, "Cloud Atlas" and was executive producer of the miniseries "Game Change". In 2013, Hanks starred in two critically acclaimed films—"Captain Phillips "and" Saving Mr. Banks—"which each earned