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Apollo 14

Occurred 53 years ago

"Shepard back in space…"

Mission Type

Lunar Landing

crew

Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell, Stuart A. Roosa

Launch

Jan. 31, 1971

Landing

Feb. 9, 1971

Apollo 14 crew picture with astronauts in white space suits. — The prime crew of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission. Left to right, are Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot; Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander; and Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot. The Apollo 14 emblem is in the background. (December 1970)
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High angle view of Apollo 14 space vehicle on way to Pad A — High-angle view at Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), showing the Apollo 14 (Spacecraft 110/Lunar Module 8/Saturn 509) space vehicle on the way from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Pad A. The Saturn V stack and its mobile launch tower sit atop a huge crawler-transporter. The Apollo 14 crewmen will be astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander; Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot; and Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot. (9 Nov.1970)
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The Apollo 14 lunar module is seen on the Moon with the American flag positioned next to it. — An excellent view of the Apollo 14 Lunar Module (LM) on the moon, as photographed during the first Apollo 14 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. The astronauts have already deployed the U.S. flag. Note the laser ranging retro reflector (LR-3) at the foot of the LM ladder. The LR-3 was deployed later. While astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander, and Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, descended in the LM to explore the moon, astronaut Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit. (5 Feb. 1971}
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the Apollo 14 Lunar Module (LM), which reflects a circular flare caused by the brilliant sun, as seen by the two moon-exploring crew men (out of frame) of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission during their first extravehicular activity (EVA). — A front view of the Apollo 14 Lunar Module (LM), which reflects a circular flare caused by the brilliant sun, as seen by the two moon-exploring crew men (out of frame) of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission during their first extravehicular activity (EVA). The unusual ball of light was said by the astronauts to have a jewel-like appearance. In the left background Cone Crater can be seen. In the left foreground are the erectable S-Band antenna and the United States flag. Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander, and Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, descended in the LM, while astronaut Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit. (5 Fe. 1971)
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The Apollo 14 dangles from 3 giant red and white parachutes just before splashing down into the South Pacific Ocean. — The Apollo 14 Command Module (CM), with astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander; Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot; and Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, aboard, approaches touchdown in the South Pacific Ocean to successfully end a 10-day lunar landing mission. The splashdown occurred at 3:04:39 p.m. (CST), Feb. 9, 1971, approximately 765 nautical miles south of American Samoa. The three crew men were flown by helicopter to the USS New Orleans prime recovery ship. (9 Feb. 1971)
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Apollo 14 astronauts Shepard, left, Roosa, and Mitchell riding in a motorcade in Chicago — Apollo 14 astronauts Shepard, left, Roosa, and Mitchell riding in a motorcade in Chicago
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Roosa, Mitchell, and Shepard taping a segment with Tonight Show guest host Joey Bishop — Roosa, Mitchell, and Shepard taping a segment with Tonight Show guest host Joey Bishop.
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Alan B. Shepard, Jr.

Commander

Rear Admiral Shepard was one of the Mercury astronauts named by NASA in April 1959, and holds the distinction of being the first American to journey into space. On May 5, 1961, in the Freedom 7 spacecraft, he was launched by a Redstone vehicle on a ballistic trajectory suborbital flight—a flight which carried him to an altitude of 116 statute miles and to a landing point 302 statute miles down the Atlantic Missile Range. He was the only Mercury astronaut to go to the Moon.

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