A tribute to the Apollo 14 mission

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52th Anniversary in 2023 of Apollo 14 mission is over since: 
 
APOLLO 14
third manned lunar landing
Command Module:  Kitty Hawk
Lunar Module:  Antares
Launch:  31-Jan-1971 21:03:02 UTC
Landing:  09-Feb-1971 21:05:00 UTC
Lunar orbit time:  2 d   18 h   35 m   39 s
Lunar landing:  05-Feb-1971 09:18:11 UTC
EVA duration: 
1. EVA:  4 h 47 m 50 s
2. EVA:  4 h 34 m 41 s
Total:  9 h 22 m 31 s
Lunar surface time:  1 d   09 h   30 m   29 s
Mission duration:  9 d   00 h   01 m   58 s
Stuart Roosa (CMP), Alan Shepard (CDR), Edgar Mitchel (LMP) THE APOLLO 14 CREW

Stuart Roosa (l)  - Command Module Pilot
Alan Shepard (c)  - Commander
Edgar Mitchel (r)  - Lunar Module Pilot

Apollo 14 was a mission of great scientifically success regarding the moon's exploration. Anyway 2 times during the mission there was are risk of a possible abort. First 6 attempts were needed to dock the CSM with the LM and then a sensor malfunction during the descent of the LM down to the lunar surface has had to be corrected by manually computer program change because otherwise the computers would have caused an automatically abort of the lunar landing. - At the end of the 2nd EVA Alan Shepard did some golf shots on the moon.

Apollo 14 war hinsichtlich der Monderforschung sehr erfolgreich. Trotzdem bestand 2 Mal das Risiko eines Missionsabbruchs. Zuerst wurden 6 Versuche benötigt, das CSM mit dem LM zu koppeln, dann musste beim Abstieg zur Mondoberfläche ein Sensorfehler durch manuelle Änderung des Computerprogramms korrigiert werden, da sonst die Landung vom Computer automatisch abgebrochen worden wäre. - Am Ende der zweiten EVA spielte Alan Shepard ein wenig Golf auf dem Mond.

Laser reflector left on the moon by Apollo 14