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Date of launch (ETR launch complex #): |
Jan. 31, 1971 (39A) |
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Official mission designation: |
AS-509 |
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Spacecraft designation (name): |
SM-110 |
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SM-110 (Kitty Hawk) | |
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LM-8 (Antares) | |
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Launch vehicle designation (class): |
SA-509 (Saturn V) |
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Spacecraft weight (kg): |
45 305 |
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Spacecraft shape, dimensions (m): |
see table 2-37 |
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Crew: |
Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Commander; Stuart A. Roosa, CM Pilot; Edgar D. Mitchell, LM Pilot |
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Backup crew: |
Eugene A. Cernan, Commander; Ronald E. Evans, CM Pilot; Joe H. Engle, LM Pilot |
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Apogee/perigee at insertion (km): |
183.2 x 189.9 |
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No. of earth orbits: |
1.5 |
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Period: |
approx. 90 min. |
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Lunar orbit parameters (km): |
314.1 x 108.2 at insertion; 118.3 x 103.7 circularized |
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No. of lunar orbits: |
34 |
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Lunar landing coordinates: |
3°40'S, 17°29'W (Fra Mauro) |
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Time on surface: |
33:30:31 |
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Lunar EVA time (# of excursions): |
9:22:31 (2) |
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Length of mission: |
216:01:58 (9+ days) |
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Mission events (date, time, ground elapsed time): | |||
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launch |
Jan. 31 |
4:03:02 p.m. EST |
00:00:00 |
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S-IC engine cutoff |
. |
4:05:45 |
00:02:43 |
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Sell engine cutoff |
4:12:20 |
00:09:18 | |
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earth orbit insertion |
4:14:51 |
00:11:49 | |
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translunar injection |
6:37:34 |
02:34:32 | |
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CSM-S-IVB separation |
7:05:31 |
03:02:29 | |
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CSM-LM docking |
9:00:02 |
04:56:56 | |
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lunar oribit insertion |
Feb. 4 |
1:59:43 a.m. |
81:56:41 |
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CSM-LM separation |
. |
11:50:44 p.m. |
103:47:42 |
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lunar landing |
Feb. 5 |
4:18:11 a.m. |
108:15:09 |
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begin 1st EVA |
. |
9:42: 13 |
113:39: 11 |
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end 1st EVA 2: |
30:03 p.m. |
118:27:01 | |
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begin 2d EVA |
Feb. 6 |
3:11:15 p.m. |
131:08:13 |
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end 2d EVA |
. |
7:45:56 |
135:42:54 |
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lunar liftoff |
Feb. 7 |
1:48:42 a.m. |
141:45:40 |
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LM-CSM docking |
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3:35:53 |
143:32:51 |
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LM jettison |
5:48:00 |
145:44:58 | |
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transearth injection |
8:39:04 |
148:36:02 | |
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CM-SM separation |
Feb. 9 |
3:35:44 p.m. |
215:32:42 |
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splashdown |
. |
4:05:00 |
216:01:58 |
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Earth landing coordinates: |
27°1'S, 172°39W (Pacific O.) |
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Recovery ship: |
USS New Orleans (crew onboard in 48 min.) |
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Mission objectives: |
Lunar landing mission to perform selenological inspection, survey, and sampling of the Fra Mauro region; deploy an ALSEP; further develop man's capability to work in the lunar environment; photograph candidate exploration sites. |
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Results: |
All objectives were achieved. The crew brought 43 kg of lunar samples to earth with them. |
*There is a discrepancy of approximately 40 minutes in the sequence-of-events tables presented in the mission operation report and the mission report; the latter was used as the source for this table.
Reference: MSC, "Apollo 14 Mission Report," MSC-04112, May 1971; and NASA Hq., Apollo 14 Post-launch Mission Operation Report #1, M-933-71-14, Feb. 22, 1971.