Apollo 14

Apollo 14 was the third successful landing on the Moon of Project Apollo, following the explosion aboard Apollo 13. Kitty Hawk, the Command Module was crewed by Alan Shepard, the Commander (and first American Astronaut); Stuart Roosa, the Command Module Pilot and Edgar Mitchell, Lunar Module Pilot. Apollo 14 launched from the Kennedy Space Center on January 31, 1971, landing on the moon in the LEM Antares on February 5 in the Fra Mauro highlands and returned to earth on February 9.