Apollo 14

Apollo 14

Shepard poses next to the American flag on the Moon during Apollo 14
Mission type	Manned lunar landing
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	CSM: 1971-008A LM: 1971-008C
SATCAT no.	CSM: 4900 LM: 4905
Mission duration	9 days, 1 minute, 58 seconds
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Apollo CSM-110 Apollo LM-8
Manufacturer	CSM: North American Rockwell LM: Grumman
Launch mass	102,084 pounds (46,305 kg)
Landing mass	11,481 pounds (5,208 kg)
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Alan B. Shepard, Jr. Stuart A. Roosa Edgar D. Mitchell
Callsign	CSM: Kitty Hawk LM: Antares
Start of mission
Launch date	January 31, 1971, 21:03:02 (1971-01-31UTC21:03:02Z) UTC
Rocket	Saturn V SA-509
Launch site	Kennedy LC-39A
End of mission
Recovered by	USS New Orleans
Landing date	February 9, 1971, 21:05:00 (1971-02-09UTC21:06Z) UTC
Landing site	South Pacific Ocean 27°1′S 172°39′W / 27.017°S 172.650°W / -27.017; -172.650
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Selenocentric
Periselene	16.9 kilometers (9.1 nmi)
Aposelene	108.9 kilometers (58.8 nmi)
Period	120 minutes
Lunar orbiter
Spacecraft component	Command/Service Module
Orbital insertion	February 4, 1971, 06:59:42 UTC
Departed orbit	February 7, 1971, 01:39:04 UTC
Orbits	34
Lunar lander
Spacecraft component	Lunar Module
Landing date	February 5, 1971, 09:18:11 UTC
Return launch	February 6, 1971, 18:48:42 UTC
Landing site	Fra Mauro 3°38′43″S 17°28′17″W / 3.64530°S 17.47136°W / -3.64530; -17.47136
Sample mass	42.80 kilograms (94.35 lb)
Surface EVAs	2
EVA duration	Total: 9 hours, 22 minutes, 31 seconds First: 4 hours, 47 minutes, 50 seconds Second   4 hours, 34 minutes, 41 seconds
Docking with LM
Docking date	February 1, 1971, 01:57:58 UTC
Undocking date	February 5, 1971, 04:50:43 UTC
Docking with LM Ascent Stage
Docking date	February 6, 1971, 20:35:52 UTC
Undocking date	February 6, 1971, 22:48:00 UTC
Left to right: Roosa, Shepard, Mitchell Apollo program ← Apollo 13 Apollo 15 →

Apollo 14 was the eighth manned mission in the United States Apollo program, and the third to land on the Moon. It was the last of the "H missions," targeted landings with two-day stays on the Moon with two lunar EVAs, or moonwalks.

Commander Alan Shepard, Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa, and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell launched on their nine-day mission on January 31, 1971 at 4:04:02 p.m. local time after a 40-minute, 2 second delay due to launch site weather restrictions, the first such delay in the Apollo program. Shepard and Mitchell made their lunar landing on February 5 in the Fra Mauro formation - originally the target of the aborted Apollo 13 mission. During the two lunar EVAs, 42.80 kilograms (94.35 lb) of Moon rocks were collected, and several scientific experiments were performed. Shepard hit two golf balls on the lunar surface with a makeshift club he had brought with him. Shepard and Mitchell spent 33½ hours on the Moon, with almost 9½ hours of EVA.

In the aftermath of Apollo 13, several modifications had been made to the Service Module electrical power system to prevent a repeat of that accident, including a redesign of the oxygen tanks and the addition of a third tank.