This silent film of the NASA Apollo 14 mission was made as part of a post-flight briefing on the mission in March 1972 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This film features footage from the day of the rocket launch, the landing on the moon, and the return back to earth’s orbit. The Apollo 14 Mission was the eighth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program, the third to land on the moon, and the first to land in the lunar highlands.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) official seal (0:29). Night time shot of Apollo 14 at the docking station preparing for take off (0:33). Apollo 14 rocketing towards space (1:30). Footage of the spacecraft’s interior and astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell (2:04). Views from the Command Module looking out onto the Moon (4:04). Ascending onto Lunar Highlands (4:34). Lunar module Antares lands on the moon (7:39). US Flag placed into the moon (7:49). Take off from the moon (9:25). Kitty Hawk in lunar orbit (10:26). Footage of the rocket’s interior and astronauts in the cockpit and eating space food (12:11). Approaching Earth’s atmosphere (13:42). Parachute deployed over South Pacific Ocean south of American Samoa (14:19). NASA logo (15:06).
Apollo 14 (January 31 – February 9, 1971) was the eighth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program, the third to land on the Moon, and the first to land in the lunar highlands. It was the last of the “H missions”, landings at specific sites of scientific interest on the Moon for two-day stays with two lunar extravehicular activities (EVAs or moonwalks).
The mission was originally scheduled for 1970, but was postponed because of the investigation following the failure of Apollo 13 to reach the Moon’s surface, and the need for modifications to the spacecraft as a result. Commander Alan Shepard, Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa, and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell launched on their nine-day mission on Sunday, January 31, 1971, at 4:03:02 p.m. EST. En route to the lunar landing, the crew overcame malfunctions that might have resulted in a second consecutive aborted mission, and possibly, the premature end of the Apollo program.
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