Stuart Roosa
| Stuart A. Roosa | |
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Roosa in 1971
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Deceased |
| Born |
August 16, 1933 Durango, Colorado, U.S. |
| Died | December 12, 1994 (aged 61) Falls Church, Virginia, U.S. |
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Other names
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Stuart Allen Roosa |
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Previous occupation
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Fighter pilot, Test pilot |
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Oklahoma State University of Arizona CU-Boulder, B.S. 1960 |
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| Rank | Colonel, USAF |
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Time in space
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9d 00h 01m |
| Selection | 1966 NASA Group 5 |
| Missions | Apollo 14 |
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Mission insignia
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| Retirement | February 1, 1976 |
| Awards |  |
Stuart Allen "Stu" Roosa (August 16, 1933 – December 12, 1994), (Col, USAF), was an American aeronautical engineer, United States Air Force pilot, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who was the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 14 mission. The mission lasted from January 31 to February 9, 1971 and was the third mission to land astronauts (Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell) on the Moon. While Shepard and Mitchell spent two days on the lunar surface, Roosa conducted experiments from orbit in the Command Module Kitty Hawk. He was one of only 24 people to travel to the Moon.
Roosa was born on August 16, 1933, in Durango, Colorado, to parents Dewey Roosa (1903–1988) and Lorine Roosa (née DeLozier; 1908–1993) and grew up in Claremore, Oklahoma. He attended Justus Grade School and Claremore High School in Claremore, Oklahoma, from which he graduated in 1951; studied at Oklahoma State University and the University of Arizona and was graduated with honors and a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1960.
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