Apollo 14 (30)
Shepard back in space...
Pad 39-A (8)
Saturn-V AS-509
High Bay 3
MLP 2
Firing Room 2
To explore the Fra Mauro.
This area contains some of the most clearly exposed geological formations that are
characteristic of the Fra Mauro Formation. The formation is an
extensive geological unit that is distributed -- in an approximately radially symmetric fashion around the
Mare Imbrium -- over much of the nearside of the Moon.
January 31, 1971; 16:03:00 pm EDT.
Altitude: TBD
Inclination: TBD
Orbits: 34 revolutions
Duration: 09 Days, hours, min, seconds
Distance: miles
Lunar Location: Fra Mauro
Lunar Coords: 3.65 degrees South, 17.48 degrees West
February 09, 1971, Pacific Ocean. Recovery
Ship; USS New Orleans.
Landing site: Fra Mauro. ALSEP and other instruments deployed. Lunar surface stay-time,
33.5 hours; 67 hours in lunar orbit, with 34 orbits. 2 EVAs of 09 hours, 25 minutes. Third
stage impacted on Moon. 42 kg (94 lbs) of materials gathered, using hand cart for first time
to transport rocks.
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Crew
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
Commander
Edgar D. Mitchell
Lunar Module Pilot
Stuart A. Roosa
Command Module Pilot
Backup Crew
Eugene
A. Cernan
Commander
Joe
H. Engle
Lunar Module Pilot
Ronald
E. Evans
Command Module Pilot
Payload
Kitty Hawk (CM-110)
Antares (LM-8)
Milestones
01/21/70 -
S-IVB ondock at KSC
01/21/70 - S-II Stage ondock at KSC
01/12/70 - S-1C Stage ondock at KSC
05/06/70 -
S-IU ondock at KSC
01/31/71 - Launch
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