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Although Littrow went unvisited, a nearby area, Taurus-Littrow, was the landing site for Apollo 17. [34] Apollo 14's landing site was located slightly closer to Cone crater than the point designated for Apollo 13. [35] The change in landing site from Littrow to Fra Mauro affected the geological training for Apollo 14.
Photograph taken on Apollo 14 showing a cluster of boulders near the rim of Cone crater. Note the layering on some of the larger boulders. Analysis of Apollo 14 samples suggests that there are five major geologic constituents present in the immediate landing area: regolith breccias, fragmental breccias, igneous lithologies, granulitic lithologies, and impact-melt lithologies.
The Apollo 14 astronauts deployed a retroreflector on February 5, 1971, and McDonald Observatory detected it the same day. ... Apollo 14 landing site, photograph by ...
On Jan. 31, 1971, NASA sent the Apollo 14 mission skyward. The eighth crewed mission in the Apollo program (and third one to reach the surface of the Moon) lifted off on a Sunday afternoon with ...
In terms of photography, Apollo 14's crew proved to be less "trigger-happy" than the preceding Apollo 12 crew and only took 417 pictures on the Moon, compared to 583 on the earlier mission. However, 288 of these were components of 17 distinct panoramas and ALSJ lists another 25 sub-panoramas within these.
On Feb. 9, 1971, NASA's Apollo 14 astronauts came home after the agency's third trip to the moon. Former U.S. Forest Service firefighter Stuart Roosa, the mission's command module pilot, returned ...
Entered orbit on 6 December 2013 with landing at 13:12 UTC on 14 December. Yutu rover was deployed from Chang'e 3. With its soft landing, China became the third country to successfully land on the lunar surface. 119: Chang'e 5-T1: Chang'e 5-T1: 23 October 2014: Long March 3C: CNSA: Orbiter: Operational Chang'e 5-T1 Return Capsule: 23 October ...
Crewed flight demonstration of CSM and LM in medium Earth orbit, performing the maneuvers involved in a lunar landing. [14] F Apollo 10: Crewed flight demonstration of CSM and LM in lunar orbit, performing all G-type mission goals except for the final descent to and landing on the lunar surface. [14] G Apollo 11: Crewed lunar landing demonstration.