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Apollo 14: Edgar Mitchell beside the US flag

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-apo14-30002

Image Size 300 DPI: 34 * 34 cm

Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission, stands by the deployed U.S. flag on the lunar surface during the early moments of the first extravehicular activity (EVA) of the mission. He was photographed by astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., mission commander, using a 70mm modified lunar surface Hasselblad camera. While astronauts Shepard and Mitchell descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Antares" to explore the Fra Mauro region of the moon, astronaut Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Kitty Hawk" in lunar orbit. Feb 5 1971.

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1971 - APOLLO - APOLLO 14 - ASTRONAUT - FLAG - HORIZON - HUMAN - LUNAR SURFACE - MAN - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - MITCHELL EDGAR - MOON - MOONWALK - SHADOW - SOIL - SPACE - SPACE SUIT -