Apollo 14 - Wikipedia
Apollo 14 (January 31 – February 9, 1971) was the eighth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program, the third to land on the Moon, and the first to land in the lunar highlands.
Apollo 14 - NASA
Sep 11, 2024 · 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.
Apollo 14 - National Air and Space Museum
January 13, 1971 – February 9, 1971. Landing on the Fra Mauro region of the Moon, which was the intended landing site of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, Apollo 14 was the third crewed lunar landing.
Apollo 14: Mission Details - NASA
Jul 8, 2009 · The primary objectives of this mission were to explore the Fra Mauro region centered around deployment of the Apollo Lunar Surface Scientific Experiments Package, or ALSEP; lunar field geology investigations; collection of surface material samples for return to Earth; deployment of other scientific instruments not part of ALSEP; orbital science ...
Apollo 14: 'Rookie' Crew and a Famous Golf Ball | Space
Sep 26, 2012 · Apollo 14 was the third human mission to land on the moon, and the first one since the Apollo 13 mission that experienced a dangerous explosion in space before the crew was returned...
50 Years Ago: Apollo 14 Launches to the Moon - NASA
Feb 1, 2021 · The Saturn V rocket launched Apollo 14 into a cloudy afternoon sky. Ten seconds after the first motion, the rocket cleared the launch tower, and mission responsibility shifted from KSC’s Firing Room 2 to the Mission Control Center (MCC) at the Manned Spacecraft Center, now NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
APOLLO 14 - NASA
Apollo 14 was a Type H mission, a precision piloted lunar landing demonstration and systematic lunar exploration. It was the third successful lunar landing. The primary objectives were: to perform selenological inspection, survey, and sampling of materials in a preselected region of the Fra Mauro formation;
Apollo 14 - The Planetary Society
Apollo 14 was the first mission to explore the lunar highlands, the bright, old, heavily cratered regions of the Moon that lie above its dark maria plains. It saw the first American in space become the 5th American to walk on the Moon.
Apollo 14 Fact Sheet - Spaceline
Apollo 14 Fact Sheet. By Cliff Lethbridge. Apollo 14 (NASA Code: AS-509/CSM-110/LM-8) Launch Date: January 31, 1971. Launch Time: 4:03:00 p.m. EST. Launch Site: Launch Complex 39, Launch Pad 39A. Launch Vehicle: Apollo-Saturn V AS-509. Command Service Module: CSM-110. Command Module Nickname: Kitty Hawk.
Apollo 14 Demonstrated Spaceflight Challenges Are Solvable
Feb 5, 2016 · When Apollo 14 touched down on the moon on Feb. 5, 1971, it was more than a 240,000-mile trip – it was a hard-fought return to flight for NASA’s Apollo Program and America’s first person in space.