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The Apollo 14 Mission and Preliminary Results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2017

L. R. Scherer
L. R. Scherer*
Affiliation:
Director, Apollo Lunar Exploration, Apollo Program Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Abstract

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In February 1971, the Apollo 14 mission successfully landed in the Fra Mauro region of the Moon. Astronauts deployed a sophisticated long-lived geophysical station. While on the surface they performed active seismic and magnetic experiments, deployed a solar wind collector and laser reflector, made an extensive geologic traverse, and performed television, movie, and still camera photography and other minor tasks. They selected a variety of samples of lunar material and returned to Earth over 40 kg for study. In orbit about the Moon, a variety of scientific and operational photography was accomplished.

Type
Part II: Scientific Papers
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 47: The Moon , 1972 , pp. 81 - 93
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1972