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1971 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Apollo 14

successSaturn V | Apollo 14

Apollo 14 was the eighth manned mission in the Apollo Program. The third mission to land on the moon. This mission was a two day stay on the lunar surface and carried out two EVAs. Commanded by Alan Shepard, Command Module Pilot Stuart Rossa, and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell. During the two lunar EVAs, 42.80 kilograms of moon rock samples was collected.

Overview

Date / time
January 31, 1971 at 09:03 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Mission
Apollo 14
Mission type
Human Exploration
Orbit achieved
Lunar Orbit
Launch vehicle
Saturn V →
Launch provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration →

Payloads deployed · 2

APOLLO 14 CM
Human Spaceflight
APOLLO 14 LM
Lunar