Apollo 14
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Launched: 31 January 1971 UT 21:03:02 (4:03:02 p.m. EST)
Alan B. Shepard, Jr., commander |
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This spacecraft was the third Apollo mission to land humans on the moon. On February 5, 1971, the Apollo 14 lunar module (LM) landed two men (Commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. and LM pilot Edgar D. Mitchell) in the hilly upland region 24 km north of the rim of Fra Mauro crater, while the command and service module (CSM) (piloted by Stuart A. Roosa) continued in a lunar equatorial orbit. The Apollo lunar surface experiments package (ALSEP) was placed on the surface of the moon, and samples of the lunar surface were acquired. Various frames of 16-mm, 35-mm, 70-mm, and 5-in. mapping film were exposed by the astronauts from the LM and CM and on the lunar surface. Performance was good for most aspects of the mission. The Apollo 14 spacecraft was launched on January 31, 1971 after a 40 minute, 3 second launch delay, and was injected into lunar orbit on February 4. The LM landed on the moon on February 5 and returned to the command module on February 6. The CSM continued in a near circular orbit at approximately 100 km altitude. The command module left lunar orbit on February 7 and returned to earth on February 9, 1971. Information on the Apollo 14 LM is contained in record 71-008C. The spacecraft mass of 29,241 kg is the mass of the CSM including propellants and expendables. Apollo 14 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on 9 February 1971 at 21:05:00 UT (4:05:00 p.m. EST) after a mission elapsed time of 216 hrs, 1 min, 58 secs. The splashdown point was 27 deg 1 min S, 172 deg 39 min W, 765 nautical miles south of American Samoa. The astronauts and capsule were picked up by the recovery ship USS New Orleans. The Apollo 14 command module "Kitty Hawk" is currently on display as part of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's travelling exhibit. |
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Fish-eye view of the launch of the 363-foot tall Apollo 14 (spacecraft 110/Luanr Module 8/Saturn 509) space vehicle from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 4:03:02 p.m., January 31, 1971. This view of the liftoff was taken by a camera mounted on the mobile launch tower (17620); View of the Apollo 14 launch taken from the bottom of the launch tower (17621). |  (35k) |
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Apollo 14 commander, stands by the deployed U.S. flag on the lunar surface during the early moments of the first extravehicular activity (EVA-1) of the mission. Shadows of the Lunar Module, Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, and the erectabel S-band Antenna surround the scene of the third flag implanting to be performed on the lunar surface. | ||||||||||
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The Apollo 14 Lunar Module (LM) as seen by the crewmen of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission, photographed against a brilliant sun glare during the first extravehicular activity (EVA-1). A bright trail left in the lunar soil by the two-wheeled Modularized Equipment Transporter (MET) leads from the LM. |  (56k) |
Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, Apollo 14 lunar module pilot, moves across the lunar surface as he looks over a traverse map during extravehicular activity (EVA). Lunar dust can be seen clinging to the boots and legs of the space suit. | ||||||||||
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Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., foreground, Apollo 14 commander, walks toward the Modularized Equipment Transporter (MET), out of view at right, during the first Apollo 14 extravehicular activity (EVA-1). An EVA checklist is attached to Shepard's left wrist. Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, is in the background working at a subpackage of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP). The cylindrical keg-like object directly under Mitchell's extended left hand is the Passive Seismic Experiment (PSE). |  (58k) |
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Apollo 14 commander, stands beside a large boulder on the lunar surface during extravehicular activity. Note the lunar dust clinging to his space suit. | ||||||||||
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The Apollo 14 Command Module splashes down and two of its three main parachutes can be seen collapsing, as the ten-day lunar landing mission comes to an end. The splashdown occured at 3:04:39 p.m., February 9, 1971, approximately 765 nautical miles south of American Samoa. |  (46k) |
Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, Apollo 14 Lunar Module pilot, is assisted out of the Command Module by a U.S. Navy underwater demolitions team swimmer during Apollo 14 recovery operations in the South Pacific Ocean (19474); Apollo 14 crewmen sit in a life raft beside their Command Module in the South Pacific Ocean as they await a helicopter which will take them aboard the U.S.S. New Orleans, prime recovery ship. Right to left are Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., Stuart A. Roosa, and Edgar D. Mitchell. Two Navy underwater demolition team swimmers assist in the recovery operations (19475). | ||||||||||
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