Apollo 14
Saturn V
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Crew
Alan Shepard
- Birthday: 11/18/1923
- Role: Commander
- Nationality: American
- First Flight: 05/05/1961
- Last Flight: 01/31/1971
Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman. In 1961 he became the first American to travel into space, and in 1971 he walked on the Moon.
Stuart Roosa
- Birthday: 08/16/1933
- Role: Command Module Pilot
- Nationality: American
- First Flight: 01/31/1971
- Last Flight: 01/31/1971
Stuart Allen “Stu” Roosa was an American aeronautical engineer, United States Air Force pilot, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who was the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 14 mission. The mission lasted from January 31 to February 9, 1971 and was the third mission to land astronauts (Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell) on the Moon. While Shepard and Mitchell spent two days on the lunar surface, Roosa conducted experiments from orbit in the Command Module Kitty Hawk. He was one of 24 people to travel to the Moon.
Edgar Mitchell
- Birthday: 09/17/1930
- Role: Lunar Module Pilot
- Nationality: American
- First Flight: 01/31/1971
- Last Flight: 01/31/1971
Edgar Dean “Ed” Mitchell was a United States Navy officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, ufologist and NASA astronaut. As the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14, he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands region, making him the sixth person to walk on the Moon.
Mission
Apollo 14
- Type: Human Exploration
- Orbit: Lunar Orbit
Apollo 14 was the eighth manned mission in the Apollo Program. The third mission to land on the moon. This mission was a two day stay on the lunar surface and carried out two EVAs. Commanded by Alan Shepard, Command Module Pilot Stuart Rossa, and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell. During the two lunar EVAs, 42.80 kilograms of moon rock samples was collected.
Location
Rocket
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Saturn V
The Saturn V was a human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. Most notably, the Saturn V took the Apollo program to the Moon. It still remains the world’s tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status and is the only launch vehicle to take humans beyond LEO.
Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Apollo 14 was the 3rd mission to land men on the moon’s surface . The general public’s interest in the Apollo missions was starting to wane however the the best was yet to come .