1 00:00:06,869 --> 00:00:04,470 on january 31st 1971 2 00:00:09,030 --> 00:00:06,879 apollo 14 took off from kennedy space 3 00:00:10,790 --> 00:00:09,040 center destined for the framoro 4 00:00:13,270 --> 00:00:10,800 highlands of the moon 5 00:00:15,509 --> 00:00:13,280 on february 5th commander alan shepard 6 00:00:17,750 --> 00:00:15,519 america's first man in space and lunar 7 00:00:19,830 --> 00:00:17,760 module pilot edgar mitchell safely 8 00:00:22,230 --> 00:00:19,840 landed the ship on taurus on the surface 9 00:00:24,150 --> 00:00:22,240 of the moon with pilot stuart russa 10 00:00:25,750 --> 00:00:24,160 orbiting above in the command module 11 00:00:28,150 --> 00:00:25,760 kitty hawk 12 00:00:30,710 --> 00:00:28,160 apollo 14's mission was to explore the 13 00:00:33,350 --> 00:00:30,720 lunar region and deploy the apollo lunar 14 00:00:36,470 --> 00:00:33,360 surface scientific experiments package 15 00:00:38,709 --> 00:00:36,480 or alsep along with geology research and 16 00:00:40,229 --> 00:00:38,719 a collection of lunar samples for return 17 00:00:42,310 --> 00:00:40,239 to earth 18 00:00:44,630 --> 00:00:42,320 an interesting event happened at the end 19 00:00:47,190 --> 00:00:44,640 of the second eva when commander alan 20 00:00:50,630 --> 00:00:47,200 shepard using a makeshift club hit a 21 00:00:52,630 --> 00:00:50,640 golf ball across the lunar surface 22 00:00:55,310 --> 00:00:52,640 the command module kitty hawk safely 23 00:00:58,790 --> 00:00:55,320 splashed down in the pacific february 9 24 00:01:01,029 --> 00:00:58,800 1971 making it nasa's third successful 25 00:01:04,070 --> 00:01:01,039 manned lunar mission