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Shepard Plants Flag
| Title |
Shepard Plants Flag |
| Full Description |
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Apollo 14 Commander, stands by the U.S. flag on the lunar Fra Mauro Highlands during the early moments of the first extravehicular activity (EVA-1) of the mission. Shadows of the Lunar Module "Antares", astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, Lunar Module pilot, and the erectable S-band Antenna surround the scene of the third American flag planting to be performed on the lunar surface. |
| Date |
02/05/1971 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Astronaut Alan Shepard durin
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Astronaut Alan Shepard during Apollo 14 EVA on the moon |
| Description |
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Apollo 14 commander, stands by the deployed U.S. flag on the lunar surface during the early moments of the first extravehicular activity (EVA-1) of the mission. Shadows of the Lunar Module, Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, and the erectabel S-band Antenna surround the scene of the third flag implanting to be performed on the lunar surface. |
| Date Taken |
1971-02-05 |
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View of lunar surface from t
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View of lunar surface from the inside of the Apollo 14 Lunar Module |
| Description |
A view from inside the Lunar Module following the second Apollo 14 extravehicular activity (EVA-2). At the left foreground is the Modularized Equipment Transporter (MET). Tracks made by the two-wheeled Rickshaw-type cart can be seen in the left background. The Apollo 35mm stereo close-up camera lies next to the MET, near a shadow of the erectable S-band Antenna. The area is covered with footprints made by Astronauts Alan B. Shepard JR., comander, and Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot. |
| Date Taken |
1971-02-06 |
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Television transmission at e
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Television transmission at end of second extravehicular activity |
| Description |
Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, Apollo 14 lunar module pilot, can be seen throwing a "javelin" left handed during a television transmission near the close of the second extravehicular activity (EVA-2) at the Apollo 14 Fra Mauro landing site. Mitchell used the staff of the Solar Wind Composition experiment as the "javelin". Behind Mitchell is Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander. Also visible in the picture are the erectable S-Band antenna (left foreground) and Lunar Module (left background) (20783), Shepard can be seen preparing to swing at a golf ball during television transmission at end of EVA-2 (20784). |
| Date Taken |
1971-02-06 |
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Television transmission at e
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| Title |
Television transmission at end of second extravehicular activity |
| Description |
Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, Apollo 14 lunar module pilot, can be seen throwing a "javelin" left handed during a television transmission near the close of the second extravehicular activity (EVA-2) at the Apollo 14 Fra Mauro landing site. Mitchell used the staff of the Solar Wind Composition experiment as the "javelin". Behind Mitchell is Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander. Also visible in the picture are the erectable S-Band antenna (left foreground) and Lunar Module (left background) (20783), Shepard can be seen preparing to swing at a golf ball during television transmission at end of EVA-2 (20784). |
| Date Taken |
1971-02-06 |
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