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  2. Apollo 14 - Wikipedia

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    Apollo 14 (January 31 – February 9, 1971) was the eighth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program, the third to land on the Moon, and the first to land in the lunar highlands. It was the last of the " H missions ", landings at specific sites of scientific interest on the Moon for two-day stays with two lunar extravehicular ...

  3. Lunar Panoramic Photography - Apollo 14 - Wikipedia

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    Despite the successes of Apollo 11 and Apollo 12, Apollo 14 was something of a "Recovery Mission" following the incomplete nature of Apollo 13.Since the decision had already been made for Apollo 13 to visit the Fra Mauro Formation for scientific purposes, this was simply moved forward to be Apollo 14's destination as well.

  4. Splashdown - Wikipedia

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    Apollo 14 returns to Earth, 1971.. The splashdown method of landing was used for Mercury, Gemini and Apollo (including Skylab, which used Apollo capsules). Soyuz 23 unintentionally landed on a freezing lake with slushy patches of ice during a snowstorm.

  5. USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum - Wikipedia

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    Preserved F-14 on deck, February 2009 SH-2F Seasprite on display in the museum ship Piasecki HUP-1 Retriever Sikorsky SH-3H Sea King T-28B Trojan TBM Avenger on display with wings folded, and a torpedo. The USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum is a museum ship, located on the southernmost pier of the former Naval Air Station Alameda in Alameda ...

  6. Mobile quarantine facility - Wikipedia

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    The Apollo 11 crew also used this equipment to speak with President Nixon, who personally welcomed them back to Earth in July 1969 aboard the recovery ship USS Hornet after splashdown. The trailers housed the three crew as well as a physician, William Carpentier , and an engineer, John Hirasaki , who ran the MQF and powered down the command module.

  7. What Happened to Apollo 13? Inside the Near-Fatal 1970 NASA ...

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    Apollo 13 was slated to be the third landing on the moon after Apollo 8 (1968) and Apollo 12 (1969). Launched on April 11, 1970, the crew was led by commander Lovell, along with command module ...

  8. 50 years since Apollo 14 return brings moon trees

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    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 ...

  9. Lunar Receiving Laboratory - Wikipedia

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    The Lunar Receiving Laboratory shortly after it was built. First samples from the Moon being delivered to LRL in 1969. The Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL) was a facility at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (Building 37) that was constructed to quarantine astronauts and material brought back from the Moon during the Apollo program to reduce the risk of back-contamination.