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Apollo 14 Kitty Hawk Inspection Rotation

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

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1971

Stuart Roosa6 February 1971

Moon Orbit · Science / Astronomy

Commands Kitty Hawk through a full pitch rotation during rendezvous so Shepard and Mitchell can inspect the command and service module before docking.

Names involved

Stuart Roosa

Provenance

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