Astronaut Alan Shepard with a Lunar Landing Training Vehicle
Dublin Core
Title
Astronaut Alan Shepard with a Lunar Landing Training Vehicle
Alternative Title
Alan Shepard with a LLTV
Subject
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Johnson Space Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NASA
Apollo Project (U.S.)
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Astronauts--United States
Shepard, Alan B. (Alan Bartlett), 1923-1998
Description
Mission Commander Alan Shepard (1923-1998), the only Mercury Seven astronaut to walk on the Moon, standing near a Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV) at Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The LLTV was used to practice Moon landings, which were done with the Lunar Module (LM). 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.
Source
Original black and white photographic print, December 14, 1970: Space Walk of Fame Collection.
Date Created
1970-12-14
Contributor
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original black and white photographic print, December 14, 1970.
Is Part Of
Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
137 KB
Medium
1 black and white photographic print
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Florida Space Coast History Project and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Curator
Michlowitz, Robert
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
External Reference
"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.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 black and white photographic print
Collection
Citation
“Astronaut Alan Shepard with a Lunar Landing Training Vehicle,” RICHES, accessed April 24, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5999.