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Apollo 14 Descent Orbit Maneuver

United States of America · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1971

Stuart Roosa4 February 1971

Moon Orbit · Science / Astronomy

Participates in the service propulsion maneuver that lowers the spacecraft into a 67-by-10-mile lunar orbit to conserve Antares descent fuel.

Names involved

Stuart Roosa

Provenance

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