Apollo 14 Surface Science Briefing
Describes the planned Fra Mauro surface traverses and the use of the Modular Equipment Transporter during the Apollo 14 preflight press conference.
Role range: 1971-1971
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Edgar Mitchell Biography and Timeline
Follow Edgar Mitchell through 27 dated historical records for United States of America.
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1971
Apollo 14 Translunar Injection
Participates in spacecraft operations as the Saturn V third stage reignites and sends Apollo 14 from Earth orbit toward the Moon.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Lunar Orbit Insertion
Serves as lunar module pilot as Apollo 14 enters lunar orbit.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 ALSEP Deployment
Helps deploy the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package during the first Fra Mauro excursion.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 ALSEP Fuel Cask Retrieval
Retrieves the plutonium fuel cask used to power the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package radioisotope thermoelectric generator.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Abort Switch Workaround
Helps prepare Antares for descent after procedures are developed to bypass a faulty abort-switch signal.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Active Seismic Geophone Line
Deploys the geophone line used by the active seismic experiment to record vibrations produced by controlled impacts on the lunar surface.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Active Seismic Thumper Survey
Operates the active seismic experiment's thumper along the geophone line to generate signals used to investigate shallow lunar structure.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Antares Systems Activation
Activates the Antares lunar module systems with Shepard and deploys the landing gear before separation for the Fra Mauro descent.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Contingency Sample Collection
Collects a contingency sample soon after stepping onto the Moon so material would be available even if an emergency liftoff became necessary.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 First EVA
Explores Fra Mauro with Shepard during the mission’s first lunar surface excursion.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Landing Radar Signal Recovery
Helps restore a usable landing-radar signal by cycling the appropriate circuit breakers during Antares' powered descent toward Fra Mauro.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Landing
Walks on the Moon with Shepard during Apollo 14.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Laser Ranging Retroreflector Deployment
Places the laser ranging retroreflector west of the ALSEP site so laser pulses from Earth can be reflected for precise lunar-distance measurements.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Lunar Surface Egress
Climbs down the Antares ladder several minutes after Shepard and joins him on the lunar surface at the Fra Mauro landing site.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Solar Wind Experiment Deployment
Deploys the Solar Wind Composition foil experiment to collect particles from the solar wind for later return and laboratory analysis.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Antares Jettison
Closes out the lunar module transfer operations before Antares is separated from Kitty Hawk for its planned disposal impact on the Moon.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Antares Liftoff
Leaves the lunar surface with Shepard aboard Antares after completing the Fra Mauro exploration.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Closest Approach to Cone Crater Rim
Reaches the crew's closest approach to the Cone Crater rim before time and consumable limits require the astronauts to begin their return.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Cone Crater Traverse Navigation
Uses traverse maps while moving through heavily cratered and undulating terrain as the crew attempts to reach the rim of Cone Crater.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Docking Probe Return for Analysis
Transfers the docking probe into Kitty Hawk so engineers can examine it after the difficulties experienced during the initial mission docking.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Lunar Portable Magnetometer Measurement
Uses the Lunar Portable Magnetometer during the Cone Crater traverse to measure the weak magnetic field present at the Fra Mauro site.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Saddle Rock Sampling
Chips and documents a sample from Saddle Rock near the rim of Cone Crater during the mission's principal geological traverse.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Second EVA
Explores toward Cone Crater with Shepard while collecting and documenting lunar samples.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Solar Wind Collector Retrieval
Rolls up the Solar Wind Composition foil after about twenty-one hours of exposure so the captured particles can be returned to Earth.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Turtle Rock Sampling
Travels north of Antares near the end of the second excursion to collect material from the boulder formation nicknamed Turtle Rock.
Role range: 1971-1971
Cone Crater Sampling
Collects rocks and soil near Cone Crater during Apollo 14’s second EVA.
Role range: 1971-1971
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