Apollo 14 (January 31 – February 9, 1971) was the eighth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program, the third to land on the Moon, and the first to land in the lunar highlands.

Sep 11, 2024 · Learn more about the mission that landed Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell in the Fra Mauro highlands of the Moon. Following their splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, Apollo 14 astronauts …

Jan 13, 1971 · Landing on the Fra Mauro region of the Moon, which was the intended landing site of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, Apollo 14 was the third crewed lunar landing.

Jun 15, 2021 · If at first you don’t succeed, fly, fly again. That could have been the mantra for Apollo 14 — a mission that marked a triumphant comeback for NASA after the near-catastrophe of Apollo 13.

The launch of Apollo 14 was postponed about three months to accommodate changes in the flight plan and flight hardware to create greater safety margins following the near disastrous flight of Apollo 13.

Apollo 14 was the first mission to explore the lunar highlands, the bright, old, heavily cratered regions of the Moon that lie above its dark maria plains. It saw the first American in space become the 5th …

Apollo 14 was launched on January 31, 1971 and successfully completed the third human landing on the Moon.

Sep 26, 2012 · Apollo 14 was the third human mission to land on the moon, and the first one since the Apollo 13 mission that experienced a dangerous explosion in space before the crew was returned …

Apollo 14 was the third manned mission to the moon, launched by NASA in January 1971. The mission was crewed by astronauts Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, and Stuart Roosa, and was the fifth …

At 4:03 p.m. EST on January 31, 1971, astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell lifted off from Launch Pad 39A. Shepard was the first American in space, his suborbital Mercury Redstone …