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Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Edgar D. Mitchell

Astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell in spacesuits, helmets off, during training
Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. (right), commander, and Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, are suited up for a manned altitude run in the Apollo 14 Lunar Module. The manned run in a vacuum chamber of the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building was conducted to validate the LM's communications and guidance and navigation systems.

(18 Sept. 1970) — Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. (right), commander, and Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, are suited up for a manned altitude run in the Apollo 14 Lunar Module (LM). The manned run in a vacuum chamber of the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building was conducted to validate the LM’s communications and guidance and navigation systems.

Image Credit: NASA