Apollo 14

Apollo 14
Mission insignia
Mission statistics
Mission name	Apollo 14
Command Module	CM-110 callsign Kitty Hawk mass 29,240 kg
Service Module	SM-110
Lunar Module	LM-8 callsign Antares mass 15,264 kg
Crew size	3
Booster	Saturn V SA-509
Launch pad	LC 39A Kennedy Space Center Florida, USA
Launch date	January 31, 1971 21:03:02 UTC
Lunar landing February 5, 1971   09:18:11 UTC Fra Mauro 3°38′43.08″S 17°28′16.90″W (based on the IAU Mean Earth Polar Axis coordinate system)
Lunar EVA duration	First 04:47:50 Second   04:34:41 Total 09:22:31
Lunar surface time	1 d 09 h 30 m 29 s
Lunar sample mass	42.28 kg (93.21 lb)
Time in lunar orbit	2 d 18 h 35 m 39 s
Landing	February 9, 1971 21:05:00 UTC 27°1′S 172°39′W
Mission duration	9 d 00 h 01 m 58 s
Crew photo Left to right: Roosa, Shepard, Mitchell
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Apollo 14 was the eighth manned mission in the Apollo program. It was the third mission to land on the Moon. The nine-day mission left the Earth on January 31, 1971, and landed on the Moon on February 5. The Lunar Module landed in the Fra Mauro formation; this had been the target of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission. During the two walks on the Moon's surface, 93.2 lb (42 kg) of moon rock was collected. Several experiments, including seismic studies, were carried out. Commander Alan Shepard famously hit two golf balls on the lunar surface with a make-shift club he had brought from Earth. Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa took several hundred seeds on the mission, many of which were planted on return, resulting in the so called Moon trees. The pilot of the Lunar Module was Dr. Edgar Mitchell.

LRO finds the site

In June 2009, the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was able to photograph the Apollo 14 landing site. The base of the lunar module and the astronauts footprints on the Moon's suface could be clearly seen.