On January 31, 1971 Apollo 14 launched carrying Commander Alan Shepard, Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Mitchell, and Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa. Their mission was to journey to the Moon, land the Antares Lunar Module in the Fra Mauro Crater, explore more of the Moon’s surface, and conduct experiments on the surface and in orbit.

While Granite Staters might first think of Alan Shepard when they think of Apollo 14, he was not the only astronaut to walk on the Moon during that mission. Edgar Mitchell was the pilot of the lunar module and spent 9 hours working on the Moon with Alan Shepard on February 5 & 6, 1971.

As part of our celebration of Apollo 14’s 50th Anniversary, we’re posting information on Alan Shepard, the Apollo Program, and NASA.