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Who was the lunar module pilot on Apollo 14?

Edgar D. Mitchell


Who were the astronauts on Apollo 14?

The astronauts who flew the Apollo 14 mission were Commander Alan Shepard, Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa, and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell. The astronauts of the backup crew were Commander Eugene A. Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ronald E. Evans, Jr. and Lunar Module Pilot Joseph H. Engle.


Name of the Apollo 14 spacecraft?

Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa remained in orbit in the "Kitty Hawk" while Commander Alan Shepard and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell landed the "Antares" in the "Fra Mauro" formation on February 5th of 1971. They had launched on January 31st and returned to the Earth on February 9th.


What was the name of NASA's lunar landing craft?

15 lunar modules (LM) were manufactured by Grumman for the Apollo program, the 2nd, 9th, and last 3 were not flown and were either scrapped or put on display. Each LM was given a name for use in radio communications with mission control: * Spider (Apollo 9) * Snoopy (Apollo 10) * Eagle (Apollo 11) * Intrepid (Apollo 12) * Aquarius (Apollo 13) * Antares (Apollo 14) * Falcon (Apollo 15) * Orion (Apollo 16) * Challenger (Apollo 17)


Who has walked on the moon?

People who have walked on the moonThere have been six manned flights to the moon (Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15 16, and 17). All six flights were manned by three astronauts: The CommanderThe Command Module PilotThe Lunar Module pilot.The Commander and Lunar Module pilot went all the way to the surface of the moon. The Command Module pilot remained with the Command Module orbiting the moon during the lunar excursion.The men who actually walked on the moon are:Apollo 11 -Neil Armstrong (Commander, first person to walk on the Moon)Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (Lunar Module pilot)Apollo 12 -Charles Conrad, Jr. (Commander)Alan LaVerne Bean (Lunar Module pilot)Apollo 14 -Alan Shepard (Commander, also first US man in space, 1961)Edgar Mitchell (Lunar Module Pilot)Apollo 15 -David Scott (Commander)James Irwin (Lunar Module pilot)Apollo 16 -John Young (Commander)Charles Duke, Jr. (Lunar Module pilot)Apollo 17 -Eugene Cernan (Commander, last man to walk on the moon December 14, 1972)Dr Harrison Schmitt (Lunar Module Pilot, first scientist-astronaut to land on Moon)As of 2011, only these 12 men have walked on the Moon, and each man was only there once.

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Who was the lunar module pilot on Apollo 14?

Edgar D. Mitchell


How was the first 5 peapel on the moon?

1. Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 Commander 2. Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot 3. Charles "Pete" Conrad, Apollo 12 Commander 4. Alan Bean, Apollo 12 Lunar Module Pilot 5. Alan Shepard, Apollo 14 Commander 6. Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Lunar Module Pilot


Who were the astronauts on Apollo 14?

The astronauts who flew the Apollo 14 mission were Commander Alan Shepard, Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa, and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell. The astronauts of the backup crew were Commander Eugene A. Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ronald E. Evans, Jr. and Lunar Module Pilot Joseph H. Engle.


What were the name of American spaceships that sent people to the moon?

The launch vehicle for most of the manned Apollo missions was the Saturn V (Apollo 7, which had no Lunar Module, used a Saturn 1B launch vehicle instead). The callsigns of the Lunar Modules in the manned Apollo missions were: * Apollo 7: no Lunar Module (test of Command Module, stayed in Earth orbit) * Apollo 8: no callsign, designation LTA-B (dummy Lunar Module, went around Moon but didn't land) * Apollo 9: Spider (first test of Lunar Module, stayed in Earth orbit) * Apollo 10: Snoopy (full test of Lunar Module, went within 10 miles of lunar surface but didn't land) * Apollo 11: Eagle (first manned landing) * Apollo 12: Intrepid (second manned landing) * Apollo 13: Aquarius (went around Moon but didn't land due to problems) * Apollo 14: Antares (third manned landing) * Apollo 15: Falcon (fourth manned landing) * Apollo 16: Orion (fifth manned landing) * Apollo 17: Challenger (sixth manned landing)


Name of the Apollo 14 spacecraft?

Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa remained in orbit in the "Kitty Hawk" while Commander Alan Shepard and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell landed the "Antares" in the "Fra Mauro" formation on February 5th of 1971. They had launched on January 31st and returned to the Earth on February 9th.


What was the name of NASA's lunar landing craft?

15 lunar modules (LM) were manufactured by Grumman for the Apollo program, the 2nd, 9th, and last 3 were not flown and were either scrapped or put on display. Each LM was given a name for use in radio communications with mission control: * Spider (Apollo 9) * Snoopy (Apollo 10) * Eagle (Apollo 11) * Intrepid (Apollo 12) * Aquarius (Apollo 13) * Antares (Apollo 14) * Falcon (Apollo 15) * Orion (Apollo 16) * Challenger (Apollo 17)


Who has walked on the moon?

People who have walked on the moonThere have been six manned flights to the moon (Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15 16, and 17). All six flights were manned by three astronauts: The CommanderThe Command Module PilotThe Lunar Module pilot.The Commander and Lunar Module pilot went all the way to the surface of the moon. The Command Module pilot remained with the Command Module orbiting the moon during the lunar excursion.The men who actually walked on the moon are:Apollo 11 -Neil Armstrong (Commander, first person to walk on the Moon)Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (Lunar Module pilot)Apollo 12 -Charles Conrad, Jr. (Commander)Alan LaVerne Bean (Lunar Module pilot)Apollo 14 -Alan Shepard (Commander, also first US man in space, 1961)Edgar Mitchell (Lunar Module Pilot)Apollo 15 -David Scott (Commander)James Irwin (Lunar Module pilot)Apollo 16 -John Young (Commander)Charles Duke, Jr. (Lunar Module pilot)Apollo 17 -Eugene Cernan (Commander, last man to walk on the moon December 14, 1972)Dr Harrison Schmitt (Lunar Module Pilot, first scientist-astronaut to land on Moon)As of 2011, only these 12 men have walked on the Moon, and each man was only there once.


Which spaceship was used by the astronauts to land on the moon?

Apollo was the name of all the lunar missions. The various craft that went were numbered. 6 missions went to the moon and landed on it, which were Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17. Each lunar mission spacecraft consisted of two parts, a command module and a lunar module. The command module got people to the moon and orbited around it and got them back to Earth. The lunar module was the part that actually landed on the moon. The 6 lunar modules that landed on the moon were: Eagle Intrepid Antares Falcon Orion Challenger


How big was the lunar module?

The lunar module used during the Apollo missions was about 23 feet tall and 31 feet wide. The ascent stage, where the astronauts sat, was around 10 feet high and 14 feet wide.


Have 12 people walked on the moon?

Yes. There were 12 American astronauts who walked on the Moon, two on each of six Apollo missions flown by NASA between 1969 and 1972. Apollo 11 - Neil Armstrong (Commander, first person to walk on the Moon) Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (Lunar Module pilot) Apollo 12 - Charles Conrad, Jr. (Commander) Alan LaVerne Bean (Lunar Module pilot) Apollo 14 - Alan Shepard (Commander, also first US man in space, 1961) Edgar Mitchell (Lunar Module Pilot) Apollo 15 - David Scott (Commander) James Irwin (Lunar Module pilot) Apollo 16 - John Young (Commander) Charles Duke, Jr. (Lunar Module pilot) Apollo 17 - Eugene Cernan (Commander, last man to walk on the moon December 14, 1972) Dr Harrison Schmitt (Lunar Module Pilot, first scientist-astronaut to land on Moon) (see the related link below)


Names of the crew members of Apollo 14?

The crew members of Apollo 14 were Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, and Stuart Roosa. Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell performed two moonwalks during the mission. Stuart Roosa remained in lunar orbit as the command module pilot.


Names of people who went to the moon?

There have been six manned flights to the moon (Apollos 11, 12, 14, 15 16, and 17). All six flights were manned by three astronauts:The CommanderThe Command Module PilotThe Lunar Module pilot.The Commander and Lunar Module pilot made it all the way to the surface of the moon. The Command Module pilot remained with the Command Module orbiting the moonduring the lunar excursion. Apollo 11's crew was Neil Armstrong (Commander), Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (Lunar Module pilot), and Michael Collins (Command Module pilot). Apollo 12's crew was Charles Conrad, Jr. (Commander), Alan LaVerne Bean (Lunar Module pilot) and Richard Gordon, Jr. (Command Module pilot). Apollo 14's crew was Alan Shepard (Commander), and Edgar Mitchell (Lunar Module Pilot), Stuart Roosa (Command Module pilot). Apollo 15's crew was David Scott (Commander), James Irwin (Lunar Module pilot), and Alfred Worden (Command Module Pilot). Apollo 16's crew was John Young (Commander), Charles Duke, Jr. (Lunar Module pilot), and Thomas Mattingly (Command Module pilot). Apollo 17's crew was Eugene Cernan (Commander), Dr Harrison Schmitt (Lunar Module Pilot), and Ronald Evans (Command Module Pilot). Neil Armstrong (Apollo 11's Commander) was the first person to walk on the moon. Alan Shepherd (Apollo 14's Commander) was America's first man into space. Dr Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17's Lunar Module Pilot) was the first scientist-astronaut to land on Moon - Dr Harrison Schmitt who received a Ph.D. in Geology from Harvard University in 1964