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Apollo 14
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third Moon landing and eighth crewed flight of the United States Apollo program
Apollo 14 was the third crewed mission to land on the Moon, continuing the United States' early exploration of the lunar surface. It represented a significant milestone in the Apollo program's sequence of Moon landings and demonstrated the program's ability to successfully repeat its most ambitious achievements.
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- Instance of
- human spaceflight
- Part of
- Apollo program
- Official name
- Apollo 14
- Country
- United States
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- Apollo 15
- Follows
- Apollo 13
- Duration
- 777718
- Mass
- 5207.8
- Orbital period
- 120
- Manufacturer
- Grumman
- Image
- Apollo 14 Shepard.jpg
- Significant event
- splashdown
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- Commons category
- Apollo 14
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1971-01-31
- space launch vehicle
- Saturn V
- Commons gallery
- Apollo 14
- crew members
- Edgar Mitchell
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1971-02-09
- apoapsis
- 108.9
- periapsis
- 16.9
- orbits completed
- 34
- type of orbit
- lunar orbit
- recovered by
- USS New Orleans
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
- topic's main category
- Category:Apollo 14
- call sign
- Antares
- location of landing
- Pacific Ocean
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Encyclopedic overview
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 was the last of the "H missions", landings at specific sites of scientific interest on the Moon for two-day stays with two lunar extravehicular activities (EVAs or moonwalks).
The mission was originally scheduled for 1970, but was postponed because of the investigation following the failure of Apollo 13 to reach the Moon's surface, and the need for modifications to the spacecraft as a result. Commander Alan Shepard, Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa, and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell launched on their nine-day mission on Sunday, January 31, 1971, at 4:03:02 p.m. EST. En route to the lunar landing, the crew overcame malfunctions that might have resulted in a second consecutive aborted mission, and possibly, the premature end of the Apollo program.
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