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Apollo 14 by Stuart Roosa of Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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Apollo 14 on the Moon
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Apollo 14 on the Moon |
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The jewel-like glare from a brilliant sun reflects off the lunar module of the Apollo 14 [ http://www.c3.lanl.gov/~cjhamil/SolarSystem/apo14.htm ] mission to the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950903.html ] as it rests on the lunar surface in February 1971. Astronauts Alan Shepard [ http://tigger.uic.edu/~jph/abs.htm ] and Edgar Mitchell walked on the Moon's surface [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950922.html ] while astronaut Stuart Roosa piloted the orbiting command module. Coming only months after the abortive Apollo 13 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950707.html ] mission, Apollo 14 [ http://ees5-www.lanl.gov/APOLLO/ ] was famous for long exploratory moon walks, collecting samples of lunar bedrock from Cone Crater, deploying the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package, and hitting golf balls [ http://ees5-www.lanl.gov/APOLLO/a14.clsout2.html ]. The slope rising to the rim of Cone Crater is visible at the left edge of the photo. |
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Astronaut Stuart Roosa hoist
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Astronaut Stuart Roosa hoisted inside recovery net to Navy helicopter |
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Astronaut Stuart A. Roosa, Apollo 14 Command Module pilot, is hoisted inside a Billy Pugh net to a Navy helicopter assisting in Apollo 14 recovery operations in the South Pacific Ocean. Visible in a life raft beside the Command Module are Astronauts Alan B. Shepard JR., commander, back to camera, and Edgar D. Mitchell (partially obscured by the spacecraft), lunar module pilot. Three Navy underwater demolition team swimmers who assisted in the recover operations are pictured in and around the life raft. |
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1971-02-09 |
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