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Apollo 14

Mission Number: AS-509 31 January - 9 February 1971

Crew:
   
Alan B. Shepard, Jr. [2], Jr., Commander
    Stuart A. Roosa [1], CSM Pilot
    Edgar D. Mitchell [1], LM Pilot

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.