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Apollo 14

Occurred 54 years ago

"Shepard back in space…"

Mission Type

Lunar Landing

crew

Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell, Stuart A. Roosa

Launch

Jan. 31, 1971

SPLASHDOWN

Feb. 9, 1971

Alan B. Shepard, Jr.

Commander

Rear Admiral Shepard was one of the Mercury astronauts named by NASA in April 1959, and holds the distinction of being the first American to journey into space. On May 5, 1961, in the Freedom 7 spacecraft, he was launched by a Redstone vehicle on a ballistic trajectory suborbital flight—a flight which carried him to an altitude of 116 statute miles and to a landing point 302 statute miles down the Atlantic Missile Range. He was the only Mercury astronaut to go to the Moon.

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Portrait of the commander of the Apollo 14 mission, Alan Shepard
Portrait of Alan Shepard, commander of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission.
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Learn more about the mission that landed Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell in the Fra Mauro highlands of the Moon.

50 Years Ago: Apollo 14 Crew Leaves Quarantine
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Following their splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, Apollo 14 astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Stuart A. Roosa, and Edgar D. Mitchell…

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50 Years Ago: Apollo 14 Splashdown and Recovery
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On Feb. 9, 1971, the nine-day Apollo 14 Moon landing mission came to a successful conclusion with the splashdown of…

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50 Years Ago: Apollo 14 Heads for Home
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While Apollo 14 astronauts Alan B. Shepard and Edgar D. Mitchell explored the lunar surface at the Fra Mauro landing…

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50 Years Ago: Apollo 14 Lands at Fra Mauro
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After Apollo 14 entered lunar orbit on Feb. 4, 1971, astronauts Alan B. Shepard, and Edgar D. Mitchell separated their…

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Moon Trees Stand as Living Testaments to First Voyages to Moon
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The craters, mountains, and plains of the Moon stretched beneath the Apollo 14 Command and Service Module Kitty Hawk in…

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50 Years Ago: Apollo 14 Launches to the Moon
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The third Moon landing mission began on Jan. 31, 1971, with the launch of Apollo 14. A giant Saturn V…

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50 Years Ago: Apollo 14 Launches to the Moon

The third Moon landing mission began on Jan. 31, 1971, with the launch of Apollo 14. A giant Saturn V…

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