Apollo 14 EVA

Apollo 14 EVA

Apollo 14 EVA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)

NASA

Apollo Project (U.S.)

Project Apollo (U.S.)

Apollo 14 (Spacecraft)

Astronauts--United States

Shepard, Alan B. (Alan Bartlett), 1923-1998

Moon

Mission Commander Alan Shepard (1923-1998), the first American in space, standing by the American flag during the first Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) of the Apollo 14 Moon landing. Apollo 14 was the third mission to land men on the Moon, including Shepard, Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa (1933-1994), and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell (1930-). These three astronauts conducted a ten-day mission that launched on January 31, 1971, from John F. Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida, and landing in the Pacific Ocean on February 9, 1971. The mission landed Shepard and Mitchell on the Moon, where they collected specimens, conducted, research and even hit a couple of golf balls using a special club that Shepard had stowed away.

Original color photographic print, February 5, 1971: Leonard Pugh Collection.

1971-02-05

Digital reproduction of original color photographic print, February 5, 1971.

Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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1 color photographic print

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Still Image

Launch Complex 39A, John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida

Donation

History Teacher

Civics/Government Teacher

Copyright to this resource is held by Leonard Pugh and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Michlowitz, Robert

Cepero, Laura

"APOLLO 14 (AS-509)." Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Accessed July 7, 2015. http://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/landing-missions/apollo14.cfm.

1 color photographic print