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 Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell were landing on and then exploring the Moon, another astronaut, Stuart Roosa, was watching, waiting, and conducting experiments aboard the command module in orbit around the Moon.
As part of our celebration of Apollo 14’s 50th Anniversary, we’re posting information on Alan Shepard, the Apollo Program, and NASA.