Sep 11, 2024 · 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 …

Apollo 14 (January 31 – February 9, 1971) was the eighth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program, the third to land on the Moon, and the first to land in the lunar highlands. It …

Jul 8, 2009 · The primary objectives of this mission were to explore the Fra Mauro region centered around deployment of the Apollo Lunar Surface Scientific Experiments Package, or ALSEP; …

Feb 1, 2021 · About 30 minutes after TLI, with Roosa at the controls of the spacecraft, the Apollo 14 astronauts began the transposition, docking, and extraction maneuver. First, they …

The Apollo 14 space vehicle consisted of a block II configuration spacecraft and a Saturn V launch vehicle (AS-509). The assemblies comprising the spacecraft consisted of a launch …

Apollo 14 was the first mission to explore the lunar highlands, the bright, old, heavily cratered regions of the Moon that lie above its dark maria plains. It saw the first American in space …

Apollo 14 Fact Sheet. By Cliff Lethbridge. Apollo 14 (NASA Code: AS-509/CSM-110/LM-8) Launch Date: January 31, 1971. Launch Time: 4:03:00 p.m. EST. Launch Site: Launch …

Jan 23, 2025 · Apollo 14 was the third mission in which humans walked on the lunar surface and returned to Earth. On 5 February 1971 two astronauts (Apollo 14 Commander Alan B. …

Apollo 14 Mission Overview. Left: Large boulders near the rim of Cone Crater, with a geologic hammer for scale. Right: The Modular Equipment Transporter, with Edgar Mitchell in the …

After a delay of 40 minutes, 2 seconds due to clouds and rain, Apollo 14 was launched into Earth parking orbit on January 31, 1971 at 21:03:02 UTC from pad 39-A of Kennedy Space Center …