Apollo 14

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Overview

Destination: Lunar Orbit
Mission: Human Exploration

Lunar Orbit Apollo 14 landing site Fra Mauro Formation, Moon

Return flight of Apollo 14 from the Moon.

Apollo LM

Family:
Configuration:

The Apollo lunar module (LM) ascent stage contained the crew cabin with instrument panels and flight controls. It contained its own Ascent Propulsion System (APS) engine and two hypergolic propellant tanks for return to lunar orbit and rendezvous with the Apollo command and service module.

Specifications
  • Stages
    1
  • Length
    2.832 m
  • Diameter
    4.29 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    5.0 T
  • Thrust
    16.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Apollo LM
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Apollo LM Ascent Stage
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

LM Antares


In-active Human Rated Crew On-board: 2 Crew Capacity: 2
Destination: Apollo 14 CSM
Serial Number: LM-8

Flown on Apollo 14. Descent stage on lunar surface at Fra Mauro, ascent stage deliberately crashed into Moon

Apollo Lunar Module Details

Crew


Alan Shepard

Commander - configurations.Country.None - ( NASA )

Status: Deceased

Date of Birth: Nov. 18, 1923
Date of Death: July 21, 1998

Edgar Mitchell

Lunar Module Pilot - configurations.Country.None - ( NASA )

Status: Deceased

Date of Birth: Sept. 17, 1930
Date of Death: Feb. 4, 2016

Northrop Grumman Space Systems

Northrop Grumman Space Systems

(NGSS)

CEO: Kathy Warden Founded: 2015 Successes: 15 Failures: 0 Pending: 4

Agency Type:

Northrup Grumman Space Systems designs, builds and delivers space, defence and aviation-related systems to customers around the world. They aquired Orbital ATK in 2018 along with its launchers and ongoing missions.

INFO WIKI

Fra Mauro Formation, Moon

Apollo 14 landing site


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1 day, 7 hours ago
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201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

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Falcon 9
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Soyuz 2.1a
Success
6 days, 3 hours ago
Soyuz MS-28
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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Nuri
Success
6 days, 20 hours ago
CAS500-3
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Success
1 week ago
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