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Apollo 14 (AS-509) A Very Tough Place
Apollo 14 was launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39 at 4:03:02 pm on 31January1971. Because of
unsatisfactory weather conditions, the launch was delayed about 40 minutes, for the first time in the
Apollo program.

APOLL-014-LAUNCH-CAPECANAVERAL
At 4:03 pm today, the Saturn 5 booster, the world's most powerful
rocket, lifted-off in a cloud of orange flame. Trouble arose 3 hours
after Apollo 14 Astronauts - Alan Shepard Jr., Ed Mitchell and
Stu Roosa set out on their journey to the moon. At 7:11 pm
Major Roosa made the first of five attempts to steer the nose of
the command ship (Kitty Hawk) into the docking ring of the lunar
lander (Antares). Docking occurred on the sixth attempt at 9 pm
when Apollo 14 was 23,800 miles from earth.

APOLLO 14

Did You Know?
Shepard was the only one of the original Mercury astronauts to fly to the moon.