Apollo 14

Apollo 14 successfully landed at Fra Mauro, the site originally planned for Apollo 13. Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell explored the highlands, collecting 42.28 kg of samples. Shepard famously hit two golf balls on the lunar surface.

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Agency / Country

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (United States)

Mission Status

LANDED

Launch / Target Year

1971

Spacecraft / Type

Apollo LM Antares

Landing Site Zone

Fra Mauro Formation

Surface Coordinates

Lat -3.645°, Lon -17.471°

Mission Imagery & Gallery

Apollo 14 photograph 1: NASA — Alan Shepard at the Fra Mauro landing site during Apollo 14, February 1971. (NASA, public domain) — NASA — Alan Shepard at the Fra Mauro landing site during Apollo 14, February 1971. (NASA, public domain)

Primary Achievement

Longest EVA distance on foot to that point

Mission Objectives

Land at Fra Mauro highlands (originally planned for Apollo 13)
Collect highland samples from the Fra Mauro formation
Deploy ALSEP scientific instruments
Conduct two EVAs including trek toward Cone Crater

Timeline Events

1971-01-31 — Launch from Kennedy Space Center
1971-02-05 — Antares lands at Fra Mauro
1971-02-05 — First EVA — ALSEP deployment
1971-02-06 — Second EVA — trek toward Cone Crater (42.28 kg samples)
1971-02-09 — Crew splashdown, Pacific Ocean

Related Missions

Apollo 13 (1970) · NASA
Apollo 15 (1971) · NASA

Historical & Technical Sources

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