Apollo 14 · Fra Mauro

Apollo landing · 5 February 1971

Apollo 14 landed at Fra Mauro on 5 February 1971. Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell spent 33.5 hours on the surface, 9.4 of them outside in 2 moonwalks, while Stuart Roosa stayed in orbit. They brought back 42.3 kg of rock and soil. The highlands of Fra Mauro, the site Apollo 13 could not reach.

Stand there in 3D

The mission

Landed (UTC)5 February 1971
On the surfaceAlan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell
In orbitStuart Roosa
Time on the surface33.5 hours
Moonwalks2, 9.4 hours in all
Samples returned42.3 kg
Lunar Module position3.646° S, 17.472° W (LROC)

In Orrery Space

The Moon explorer puts Fra Mauro on the globe with its own card. Standing there, the ground around the Lunar Module comes from LRO's camera: a 2 m terrain model and its photograph at the centre, then wider LOLA maps out to the horizon.

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