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Apollo 14 Kitty Hawk Orbit Circularization

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

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1971

Stuart Roosa5 February 1971

Moon Orbit · Science / Astronomy

Fires Kitty Hawk's service propulsion engine after undocking to return the command module to a circular orbit about sixty miles above the Moon.

Names involved

Stuart Roosa

Provenance

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