Apollo 14, piloted by astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D.
Mitchell and Stuart A. Roosa,was successfully launched from
Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a manned mission to the moon.
On February 5, after suffering some initial problems in docking
the lunar and command modules, Shepard and Mitchell were
able to descend to the lunar surface on the third U.S. moon
landing.
Upon stepping out of the lunar module, Shepard, who in 1961,
aboard Freedom 7, was the first American in space, became
the fifth astronaut to walk on the moon.
Shepard and Mitchell remained on the lunar surface for nearly
34 hours, conducting simple scientific experiments, such as
hitting golf balls into space with Shepard’s golf club, and
collecting 96 pounds of lunar samples. On February 9, Apollo
14 safely returned to Earth.
The crew of Apollo 14 in their spacesuits: Edgar D. Mitchel,
Alan B. Shepard and Stuart A. Roosa.
