Apollo 14 Orbital Science Briefing
Outlines the lunar-orbit photography and scientific work he will conduct alone in Kitty Hawk while Shepard and Mitchell explore Fra Mauro.
Role range: 1971-1971
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Stuart Roosa Biography and Timeline
Follow Stuart Roosa through 21 dated historical records for United States of America.
Stuart Roosa, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1971
Apollo 14 Antares Extraction
Uses Kitty Hawk to extract the lunar module Antares from the spent Saturn V third stage after the docking problem is overcome.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Docking Attempts
Pilots Kitty Hawk during repeated attempts to dock with lunar module Antares after launch.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Docking Probe Capture Failure
Encounters repeated failure of the docking probe capture latches while attempting to connect Kitty Hawk with Antares after translunar injection.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Earth Parking Orbit
Monitors spacecraft systems after the Saturn V places Apollo 14 into its temporary Earth parking orbit before departure for the Moon.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Hard Dock
Pilots Kitty Hawk during the sixth docking attempt, achieving a successful hard dock with lunar module Antares.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Moon Tree Seeds Flight
Carries hundreds of tree seeds in his personal kit for a United States Forest Service project that later produces the celebrated Moon Trees.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Sixth Docking Attempt Success
Achieves a secure hard dock with Antares on the sixth attempt after Mission Control develops an alternative docking procedure.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Transposition Maneuver
Separates Kitty Hawk from the Saturn V third stage and turns the command and service module around to face the lunar module Antares.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Descent Orbit Maneuver
Participates in the service propulsion maneuver that lowers the spacecraft into a 67-by-10-mile lunar orbit to conserve Antares descent fuel.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Antares Sighting from Lunar Orbit
Uses Kitty Hawk's optics to locate Antares and its shadow on the lunar surface while passing above the Fra Mauro landing region.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Kitty Hawk Orbit Circularization
Fires Kitty Hawk's service propulsion engine after undocking to return the command module to a circular orbit about sixty miles above the Moon.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Lunar Orbit Plane Change
Performs a nineteen-second plane-change maneuver in Kitty Hawk to improve alignment for the later rendezvous with Antares.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Lunar Orbit
Pilots Kitty Hawk while Apollo 14 explores Fra Mauro.
Role range: 1971-1971
Hycon Camera Operations
Attempts high-resolution lunar photography from Kitty Hawk while Shepard and Mitchell explore Fra Mauro.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Antares Redocking
Pilots Kitty Hawk during rendezvous and docking with Antares after the lunar surface mission.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Kitty Hawk Inspection Rotation
Commands Kitty Hawk through a full pitch rotation during rendezvous so Shepard and Mitchell can inspect the command and service module before docking.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Heat Flow and Convection Demonstration
Conducts a microgravity experiment examining heat transfer and convection in liquids and gases during the return journey from the Moon.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Descartes Photography
Attempts high-resolution photography of the Descartes region, later selected for Apollo 16.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Orbital Science
Conducts photography and other orbital science while Shepard and Mitchell explore Fra Mauro.
Role range: 1971-1971
Apollo 14 Trans-Earth Injection
Pilots Kitty Hawk during the return phase as Apollo 14 departs lunar orbit for Earth.
Role range: 1971-1971
Records, sources and methodology
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