465 a
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Official portrait of the Apollo 14 crew

Apollo 14, December 1970

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA S-70-55635” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

465 b
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

The first American in Space Alan Shepard with the MET during lunar surface training

Apollo 14, July 1970

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA S-70-45555” in red in top margin

465 c
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Fisheye lens view of Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell in the Lunar Module simulator at the Kennedy Space Center

Apollo 14, July 1970

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA S-70-45555” in red in top margin

465 d
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Stuart Roosa, Edgar Mitchell and Alan Shepard during training at the Kennedy Space Center

Apollo 14, January 1971

Three vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA KSC captions on the versos

465 e
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Artist’s concept views anticipating different phases of the mission to the Moon

Apollo 14, January 1971

Two vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based Kodak paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC captions and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the versos, numbered “NASA S-71- 16574 and S-71-16102” in red in top margin

465 f
Taken by a camera on board the Lunar Orbiter III spacecraft

The Fra Mauro landing area seen from orbit

Apollo 14, December 1970

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ caption numbered “71- H-1631” on the verso

465 g
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Close-up portraits of the astronauts wearing their bulky space helmets during pre-launch preparations

Apollo 14, January 1971

Three vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA KSC captions on verso
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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465 a
From left to right: Edgar Mitchell, Lunar Module Pilot (LMP); Alan Shepard, Commander (CDR) and Stuart Roosa, Command Module Pilot (CMP).

The Apollo 14 emblem is in the background.

465 b
The mission marked Shepard’s return to spaceflight after a decade of being grounded due to an inner ear condition.

Alan Shepard is wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) during a simulated deployment of the lunar science station (right background) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Commander stripes on his helmet and on his EMU’s arms and legs help distinguish him from Mitchell’s, who has no stripes. He is pulling the MET (Modularized Equipment Transporter).

The MET, nicknamed the “Rickshaw”, served as a portable work bench with a place for the Apollo lunar hand tools and their carrier, three cameras, two sample container bags, a special environment sample container, spare magazines, and a lunar surface Penetrometer.

465 d
The Apollo 14 crew undergo spacesuit checks prior to their participation to the countdown demonstration test or dress rehearsal for launch.

465 e
The CSM circling the Moon as the LM heads toward a lunar landing with the Planet Earth in the background (first image).

The astronauts transporting scientific equipment to their deployment site on the lunar surface (second image).

465 f
Lunar Orbiter III took this photograph (Lunar Orbiter III frame 133 H3) of the rugged highlands of the Fra Mauro area in February 1967. Latitude / longitude: 17°S 30°W.
Cone Crater and the Apollo 14 landing site are just out of shot to the south (bottom) of this photograph, approximately 5 km away.

“The landing site is located in a broad, shallow valley between radial ridges of the Fra Mauro Formation and approximately 500 km from the edge of the Sea of Rains. The major crater Copernicus lies 360 km to the north, and bright ray material that emanates from Copernicus Crater covers much of the landing site region. In the immediate landing site area, an important feature is the young, very blocky Cone Crater, which is approximately 340 meters in diameter and which penetrates the regolith on the ridge to the east of the landing site” (https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_14/landing_site/).
Latitude / longitude: 17°S 30°W.

465 g
Stuart Roosa, left, Command Module Pilot; Edgar Mitchell, Lunar Module Pilot; and Alan Shepard, Commander.
The astronauts undergo spacesuit pressure and leak checks.
Roosa and Mitchell were pictured during a countdown demonstration test and Shepard on launch day.