Apollo 14

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Apollo 14 was NASA’s 1971 crewed mission that successfully returned astronauts to the Moon, notable for precision lunar landing and extensive surface exploration following the Apollo 13 accident.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Apollo program mission
crewed lunar mission
commander Alan Shepard
surface form: Alan B. Shepard Jr.
commandModuleName Kitty Hawk
commandModulePilot Stuart A. Roosa
crewMember Alan Shepard
surface form: Alan B. Shepard Jr.

Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
crewSize 3
evaCountOnMoon 2
followedBy Apollo 15
landingDateOnMoon 1971-02-05
launchDate 1971-01-31
launchMass about 44,800 kilograms (CSM+LM)
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchVehicle Saturn V
lunarExperimentsDeployed ALSEP (Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package)
surface form: Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package

active seismic experiment
charged particle lunar environment experiment
laser ranging retroreflector
solar wind composition experiment
lunarLandingSite Fra Mauro formation
lunarModuleName Antares
lunarModulePilot Edgar D. Mitchell
lunarSamplesMassReturned about 42 kilograms
lunarSurfaceStayTime about 33 hours
missionDuration 9 days 2 hours 56 minutes
missionType crewed lunar landing
notableFor extensive use of Modular Equipment Transporter (MET)
first successful lunar landing after Apollo 13 accident
precision lunar landing in rugged terrain
objective collect lunar rock and soil samples
conduct extensive lunar surface exploration
deploy scientific experiments on lunar surface
perform precision lunar landing at Fra Mauro
operator NASA
precededBy Apollo 13
program Apollo program
returnToEarthDate 1971-02-09
spacecraftType Apollo command and service module
surface form: Apollo CSM and LM
splashdownLocation Pacific Ocean
splashdownRecoveryShip USS New Orleans
totalEVAOnMoonDuration about 9 hours 24 minutes

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