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Apollo 14's splashdown in the Pacific on Feb. 9, 1971. (NASA/Ed Hengeveld) On this day in 1971 Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard, Jr. , Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell returned to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean at 21:05 UT (4:05 p.m. EST). ...
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ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday C Crew off duty. Ahead: Week 11 of Increment 30 (six-person crew). The Command Module, having remained in lunar orbit with Stu Roosa, splashed down in the...
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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) image released on September 6, 2011 shows the Apollo 14 landing site on the moon and paths left by astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell on both Apollo 14 moon walks. (At the end of the second moon walk,... View Photo »
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Massachusetts ratified the U.S. Constitution, becoming the sixth state to join the Union. The popular board game Monopoly® went on sale for the first time. Astronaut Alan B. Shepard hit a golf ball and Edgar Mitchell threw a "javelin" on the moon. They...
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This undated photo made available by the U.S. Department of Justice shows a 16mm camera that went to the moon with astronaut Edgar Mitchell on Apollo 14. Mitchell says a camera he brought back from the Apollo 14 moon mission was given to him by NASA... View Photo »
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The checklist was sold for more than $388,000. NASA's inquiry about the sale caused the auction company to store the document until ownership is determined. In another case, NASA successfully sued Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell over a camera he...
About Edgar Mitchell
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Edgar Dean Mitchell (born September 17, 1930) is an American pilot and astronaut. As the lunar module pilot of Apollo 14, he spent nine hours of February 9, 1971 moonwalking on the Fra Mauro formation; he was the sixth man to walk on the Moon. Full Article
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Picture taken during the Apollo 14 mission in February 1971 of US astronauts Alan Shepard (L, first row) and Edgar Mitchell (R). The Apollo XIV mission, the third mission to land on the moon, was launched on January 31, 1971 and landed on the moon on February 5, 1971.
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This undated photo made available by the U.S. Department of Justice shows a 16mm camera that went to the moon with astronaut Edgar Mitchell on Apollo 14. Mitchell says a camera he brought back from the Apollo 14 moon mission was given to him by NASA despite the space agency's lawsuit...
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FILE - This undated file photo made available by the U.S. Department of Justice shows a 16mm camera that went to the moon with astronaut Edgar Mitchell on Apollo 14. Mitchell says the camera he brought back from the Apollo 14 moon mission was given to him by NASA despite the space...
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This undated image made available by the U.S. Department of Justice shows a 16mm camera that went to the moon with astronaut Edgar Mitchell on Apollo 14. NASA is suing Mitchell to get back the "Data Acquisition Camera." The lawsuit filed Thursday, June 30, 2011 in South Florida federal...
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Picture taken during the Apollo 14 mission in February 1971 of US astronauts Alan Shepard (L, first row) and Edgar Mitchell (R). The Apollo XIV mission, the third mission to land on the moon, was launched on January 31, 1971 and landed on the moon on February 5, 1971.
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