Jun 19

Space Rocket History #305 – Apollo 14 – Pre-launch

Posted on June 19, 2019

On November 9, 1970, the Apollo 14/Saturn V assembly, as tall as a 36-story building, rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building on the proportionally huge crawler transporter. TrainingRollout – Mitchell, Shepard, RoosaInsigna

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Tagged:Gene Cernan, Mitchell, Roosa, Shepard

Jun 26

Space Rocket History #306 – Apollo 14 – The Launch

Posted on June 26, 2019

The first launch window for Apollo 14 began at 15:23, Eastern Standard Time, 31 January 1971, and lasted almost four hours. Stu RoosaApollo 14, Liftoff

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Tagged:Apollo 14, Cape Canaveral, Cape Kennedy, Louise Shepard, Mitchell, Roosa

Jul 3

Space Rocket History #307 – Apollo 14 – The Climb to Orbit & TLI

Posted on July 3, 2019

“The approaching dusk and the damp mistiness left by the now-departed rainstorm only enhanced the spectacular sight and the sound of the launch. Tentacles of flame erupted on either side of the bottom of the Saturn V, which seemed to sit in its own c...

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Tagged:Mitchell, Roosa, S Ii, Shepard, Si C, Siv B

Jul 24

Space Rocket History #309 – Apollo 14 – The Long Coast

Posted on July 24, 2019

Mitchell kept his plan a secret from NASA, knowing that the agency would be completely unreceptive to the idea. He said nothing about it to his crewmates. The test subjects had also agreed to keep quiet. Rendezvous with the MoonBackup Crew PatchApol...

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Tagged:Cernan, Mitchell, Roosa, Shepard

Jul 31

Space Rocket History #310 – Apollo 14 – Lunar Orbit

Posted on July 31, 2019

The first extended use of the Service Propulsion System engine on the Command and Service module was for the Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) burn. Antares UndockedAntares moving away from Kitty HawkAntares Upside-down

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Tagged:Anrtares, Kitty Hawk, Roosa, Shepard

Sep 11

Space Rocket History #316 – Apollo 14 – Solo Flight Over the Moon & Lunar Geology

Posted on September 11, 2019

With the Hycon camera down, Roosa would have to step in and use a Hasselblad with a 500 mm lens, to take detailed photos of the Apollo 16 potential landing site. If Roosa did nothing else, he had to return to earth with pictures of Descartes that wo...

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Tagged:Decartes, Hycon, Kitty Hawk, Mitchell, Roosa, Shepard

Oct 9

Space Rocket History #319 – Apollo 14 – Lunar Lift-off

Posted on October 9, 2019

141:45:30 Shepard: Okay. The abort stage is set. Ascent Engine is Armed. 6, 5, 4… 141:45:38 Mitchell: Proceed with the ignition program 141:45:38 Shepard: …3, 2, 1, 0… 141:45:42 Mitchell: Ignition. 141:45:43 Shepard: We have ignition… 141:45:44 ...

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Tagged:Cone Crater, Mitchell, Roosa, Shepard

Oct 16

Space Rocket History #320 – Apollo 14 – Docking & Alexei Leonov

Posted on October 16, 2019

Would the docking probe that caused so much difficulty a week ago during the first docking work now or would Shepard and Mitchell be forced into a space walk in Lunar orbit? Antares ReturnsCommand ModuleAlexei Leonov

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Tagged:Leonov, Mitchell, Roosa, Shepard

Oct 23

Space Rocket History #321 – Apollo 14 – Splashdown

Posted on October 23, 2019

Gradually, as Mitchell worked and glanced at the bright crescent, he was filled with a quiet euphoria, great tranquillity, and an overpowering sense of understanding. It was as if he had suddenly begun to hear a new language, one being spoken by the ...

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Tagged:Mccandless, Mitchell, Roosa, Shepard

Oct 30

Space Rocket History #322 – Apollo 14 – Recovery & Conclusion

Posted on October 30, 2019

Alan Shepard’s wife Louise was elated after watching on TV as Shepard boarded a Navy ship bound for Houston, where he would be safe behind the glass windows of the post-flight quarantine room. Ed MitchellExiting the HelicopterQuarantine

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Tagged:Mccandless, Mitchell, Roosa, Shepard

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