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Apollo 14 Golf Shots

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

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Chronological records

1971

Alan Shepard6 February 1971

Fra Mauro · Science / Astronomy

Hits two golf balls on the lunar surface near the end of Apollo 14 surface operations.

Names involved

Alan Shepard

Provenance

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