Apollo 14

Apollo 14 was the eighth manned mission in the Apollo program and the third mission to land on the moon.

Launched: January 31, 1971 from Pad 39A

Returned: February 9, 1971

Crew members: Alan Shepard, commander; Stuart Roosa, command module pilot; Edgar Mitchell, lunar module pilot.

Command module: Kitty Hawk

Lunar module: Antares

Landed: February 5, 1971

Lunar landing site: 3.7 S, 17.5 W -- Fra Mauro highlands

On surface: 1 day 9.5 hours

Lunar EVA: 9.2 hours (4.7 + 4.5)

Samples: 43 kg

Mission notes:

• Shepard smuggled a makeshift six-iron golf club and two golf balls to the moon, and took several swings. He claimed the second ball went "miles and miles and miles" in the lunar gravity, but later estimated it actually went 200-400 yards (meters).
• Mitchell conducted some unauthorized extra-sensory perception experiments while en route to the Moon, with friends back on Earth; the number of correct guesses were reportedly less than would have been obtained by random chance.
• Shepard and Mitchell used a wheeled cart to transport samples. They hiked to the rim of a large nearby crater, but were unable to distinguish landmarks easily and turned back without seeing the crater itself.

The command module is displayed at the Astronaut Hall of Fame, Titusville, Florida and the lunar module impacted the Moon 7 February, 1971 at 3.42 S, 19.67 W.

Preceded by : Apollo 13

Apollo program

Followed by : Apollo 15

External link

• Map of surface activities for Apollo 14
• Apollo 14 entry in Encyclopedia Astronautica