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Apollo 14
| Mission Number: AS-509 | 31 January - 9 February 1971 |
Crew:
Backup Crew:
Eugene
A. Cernan, Commander
Ronald
B. Evans, CSM Pilot
Joseph
H. Engle, LM Pilot
Launch:
Pad: 39-A
Date: 31 January 1971
Time: 21:03:02 UTC
Lunar Landing:
Location: Fra Mauro (Lunar 3.65° S, 17.47° W)
Touchdown: 5 February 09:18:11 UTC
EVA #1: 3 hours, 49 minutes
EVA #2: 3 hours, 46 minutes
Liftoff: 6 February 18:48:42 UTC
Landing:
Location: Pacific Ocean (27° 1' S, 172° 39' W)
Vessel: USS
New Orleans (LPH-11)
Date: 9 February 1971
Time: 21:05:00 UTC
Mission Duration: 9
days, 0 hours, 1 minute, 58 seconds
Surface Stay Time: 1 day, 9 hours, 31 minutes, 31 seconds
Landing site: Fra Mauro. Lunar surface stay time, 33.5 hours; 67 hours in lunar orbit, with 34 orbits. Shepard and Mitchell performed 2 EVAs of 9 hours, 35 minutes. There was 94 lbs of material gathered, using a hand cart for the first time. Prior to Apollo 13, the lunar landing was planned to have been Littrow.
Shepard used a makeshift golf club and hit two golf balls, the first about 200 yards, the second about 400 yards.
The Command and Service Module (CSM) was named Kitty Hawk, and the Lunar Module (LM) was named Antares.
The Apollo 14 command module is currently on display at the Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, FL.