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The Apollo 14 astronauts were the last lunar explorers to be quarantined on their return from the Moon. They were the only Apollo crew to be quarantined both before and after the flight. [ 120 ]
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Sep 11, 2024 · Learn about the third lunar landing mission in 1971, led by Alan Shepard, the first American in space. Explore the mission objectives, articles, images, and videos of Apollo 14.
Jul 8, 2009 · This is the Apollo 14 crew patch designed by astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander; Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot; and Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot. It features the astronaut lapel pin approaching the moon and leaving a comet trail from the liftoff point on Earth.
Feb 9, 2021 · On Feb. 9, 1971, the nine-day Apollo 14 Moon landing mission came to a successful conclusion with the splashdown of astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Stuart A. Roosa, and Edgar D. Mitchell aboard their Command Module (CM) Kitty Hawk in the south Pacific Ocean. Recovery forces aboard the prime recovery ship U.S.S.
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Jan 13, 1971 · Meet the Astronauts. Apollo 14 Crew -- Stuart A. Roosa, Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Edgar D. Mitchel. Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Commander: Alan Shepard is most well-known for becoming the first American in space aboard the Freedom 7. Apollo 14 was his last mission in space.
Sep 26, 2012 · The Apollo 14 mission marked Alan Shepard's return to space. It was the first time for crewmembers Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa.
The crew members were Captain Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (USN), commander; Major Stuart Allen Roosa (USAF), command module pilot; and Commander Edgar Dean Mitchell (USN), lunar module pilot. Selected as one of the original astronauts in 1959, Shepard became the first American in space when he piloted the initial Mercury suborbital mission (MR-3).
