Astronaut Alan Shepard

Astronaut Alan Shepard

Alan Shepard

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

A portrait of Mission Commander Alan Shepard (1923-1998) taken for the upcoming Apollo 14 mission. 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 black and white photographic print, November 14, 1970: Space Walk of Fame Collection.

1970-11-14

Digital reproduction of original black and white photographic print, November 14, 1970.

Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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1 black and white photographic print

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Still Image

John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida

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History Teacher

Civics/Government Teacher

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.

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 black and white photographic print