Apollo 14
Saturn V
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Crew
Alan Shepard
Status: Deceased
11/18/1923 - 7/21/1998
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 5/5/1961
Last Flight: 1/31/1971
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
Status: Deceased
8/16/1933 - 12/12/1994
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 1/31/1971
Last Flight: 1/31/1971
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
Status: Deceased
9/17/1930 - 2/4/2016
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 1/31/1971
Last Flight: 1/31/1971
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
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
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
211 rockets have launched from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
Rocket
Saturn V – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Family: Saturn
Length: 110.6 m
Diameter: 10.1 m
Launch Mass: 2970 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 140000 kg
The Saturn V was manufactured by National Aeronautics and Space Administration with the first launch on 1967-11-09. Saturn V has 12 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 13 launches. 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
Type: Government
Abbreviation: NASA
Administration: Administrator: Bill Nelson
Founded: 1958
Launchers: Space Shuttle | SLS
Spacecraft: Orion
Country: USA
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 .