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Apogee Books Space Series #14
Apollo 14: The NASA Mission Reports
NASA documents uncover the 10 hours spent on the moon by astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell.
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332 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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September 20, 2022
More of a reference than a "read". But that is intended.
April 21, 2008
Apollo 14 landed in the Fra Mauro region, the intended landing site of the aborted Apollo 13 mission. The astronauts used the Modularized Equipment Transporter (MET) to haul equipment during two EVAs (later missions would use the Lunar Roving Vehicle). They collected samples, took photographs, and the nearby Cone crater. One of the more famous moments came at the end of the second EVA when Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard hit 2 golf balls on the Moon.
Lunar Module: Antares
Command and Service Module: Kitty Hawk
Crew:
Alan B. Shepard, Jr, commander,
Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot
Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot
Launch: January 31, 1971
21:03:02 UT (4:03:22 p.m. EST)
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
Landing Site: Fra Mauro (3.65 S, 17.47 W)
Landed on Moon: February 5, 1971
9:18:11 UT (04:18:11 a.m. EST)
EVA duration: 9 hours 23 minutes
( EVA 1: 7 hr 12 min, EVA 2: 7 hr 37 min.)
Time on Lunar Surface: 33 hr. 31min.
[19:54:57 UT December 11, 1972 - 22:54:37 UT December 14, 1972]
Moon Rocks Collected: 42.9 kilograms
LM Departed Moon: February 6, 1971
18:48:42 UT (1:48:42 p.m. EST)
Returned to Earth: February 9, 1971
splashdown at 21:05:00 UT (4:05:00 p.m. EST)
Mission Duration: 216 hrs. 1 min. 58 sec.
Retrieval site: Pacific Ocean 27° 1' S, 172° 39' W
Retrieval ship: U.S.S. New Orleans
Special Payload:
MET Modularized Equipment Transport
ALSEP (Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package)
Flags carried on this mission and returned to Earth included 25 United States flags, state and territories flags and flags of all the United Nations members, each four by six inches.
Highlights/Notes:
CSM/LM docking took six tries due to docking mechanism problem.
The Apollo 14 landing site is the same site selected for the aborted Apollo 13 mission.
Alan Shepard hit two golf balls on the Moon at the end of the last EVA.
The crew remained in quarantine for 21 days from completion of the second EVA.
Lunar Module: Antares
Command and Service Module: Kitty Hawk
Crew:
Alan B. Shepard, Jr, commander,
Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot
Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot
Launch: January 31, 1971
21:03:02 UT (4:03:22 p.m. EST)
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
Landing Site: Fra Mauro (3.65 S, 17.47 W)
Landed on Moon: February 5, 1971
9:18:11 UT (04:18:11 a.m. EST)
EVA duration: 9 hours 23 minutes
( EVA 1: 7 hr 12 min, EVA 2: 7 hr 37 min.)
Time on Lunar Surface: 33 hr. 31min.
[19:54:57 UT December 11, 1972 - 22:54:37 UT December 14, 1972]
Moon Rocks Collected: 42.9 kilograms
LM Departed Moon: February 6, 1971
18:48:42 UT (1:48:42 p.m. EST)
Returned to Earth: February 9, 1971
splashdown at 21:05:00 UT (4:05:00 p.m. EST)
Mission Duration: 216 hrs. 1 min. 58 sec.
Retrieval site: Pacific Ocean 27° 1' S, 172° 39' W
Retrieval ship: U.S.S. New Orleans
Special Payload:
MET Modularized Equipment Transport
ALSEP (Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package)
Flags carried on this mission and returned to Earth included 25 United States flags, state and territories flags and flags of all the United Nations members, each four by six inches.
Highlights/Notes:
CSM/LM docking took six tries due to docking mechanism problem.
The Apollo 14 landing site is the same site selected for the aborted Apollo 13 mission.
Alan Shepard hit two golf balls on the Moon at the end of the last EVA.
The crew remained in quarantine for 21 days from completion of the second EVA.
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