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Apollo 14
Launched: 31 January1971
Lunar Landing: 3 February 1971, Fra Mauro Region
Splashed Down: 9 February1971
Crew:
Alan B Shepard Jr
Stuart A Roosa
Edgar D Mitchell
Following the frightening problems of Apollo 13, almost ten months elapsed before humans returned to the Moon with Apollo 14. The flight marked the return to space of America's first spaceman, Alan B Shepard, who had first flown aboard Freedom 7 a decade earlier.
Shepard and Mitchell had to scrap a planned rock-collecting trip to the 300 metre-wide Cone Crater when they became disoriented and almost got lost. Interestingly, it was later discovered that they were only a little over 30 metres from the crater's rim when they gave up the search.
After their return aboard the USS Kitty Hawk, the three Apollo 14 astronauts became the last to be required to undergo a period of quarantine
Mission details:
Apollo-14 (30)
Pad 39-A (8)
Saturn-V AS-509
High Bay 3
MLP 2
Firing Room 2
Payload:
Apollo 14 Kitty Hawk (CM-110) and Antares (LM-8)
Launch:
31 January 1971
Orbits:
Duration: 9 Days
Lunar Location: Fra Mauro
Lunar Coords: 3.65 degrees South, 17.48 degrees West
Lunar Landing:
9 February1971
Mission Highlights:
Landing site: Fra Mauro. ALSEP and other instruments deployed. Lunar surface stay-time, 33.5 hours; 67 hours in lunar orbit, with 34 orbits. 2 EVAs of 9 hours, 25 minutes. Third stage impacted on Moon. 42 kg of materials gathered, using hand cart for first time to transport rocks
