On January 31, 1971, Apollo 14 lifted off on the third mission to land on the moon. In command was Alan Shepard, a veteran of the Gemini program and member of NASA’s original astronaut corps who a decade earlier became the first American in space. Here’s a look back at images of the mission, from the archives at NASA.
Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard stands with the American flag on the lunar surface, February 5, 1971. The shadow in the foreground is of lunar module pilot Ed Mitchell, who took the photo.
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