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Apollo 14
Spacecraft
The Apollo 14 mission, launched in 1971, was NASA's third successful Moon landing that deployed scientific instruments, collected 94 pounds of lunar samples, and featured astronaut Alan Shepard famously hitting two golf balls on the lunar surface.
Key Facts
organization | NASA |
orbital regime | Inner System |
learn more | Wikipedia |
crew | Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, Edgar Mitchell |
launched | 1971-01-31 |
returned | 1971-02-09 |
launch mass | 46,305 kg |
Mission Timeline
Launched
January 31, 1971 at 21:03 UTC
Luna (The Moon)
Lander
Apollo 14 landed in the Fra Mauro highlands on February 5, 1971, where astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell conducted two moonwalks, collected 94 pounds of lunar samples, and famously hit two golf balls across the lunar surface.
Returned
February 9, 1971 at 21:05 UTC
After spending 33 hours and 31 minutes on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro region, Apollo 14 splashed down in the South Pacific Ocean, successfully returning 43.5 kg of Moon rocks and soil samples to Earth.
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