Apollo 14 countdown ticks toward moon launch
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP The countdown to Apollo 14 moved ahead as astronauts Shepard Mitchell and Roosa prepared for a 3 23 p m EST launch atop a Saturn 5. The crew relaxed in isolation, visited families, and discussed mission details including two lunar excursions to Antares crater region in Ocean of Storms.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
America
Space
Shepard
Louise Mitchell
Joan Roosa
Moon
Apollo 14 Moon Mission Highlights Launch and Landing
A detailed sequence of Apollo 14 events outlines the Saturn V lift into Earth orbit, third-stage ignition to propel toward the Moon, docking, lunar orbit insertion, Fra Mauro landing with Shepard and Mitchell performing two EVAs, lunar module ascent, rendezvous and redocking, return burns, command module separation and Earth reentry, ending with splashdown in the Pacific south of American Samoa and pickup by the USS New Orleans.
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Alan B. Shepard, Jr
Stuart A. Rossa
Edgar D. Mitchell
Moon
Earth
Lunar
Fra Mauro
Shepard
Mitchell
Lunar Module
Pacific Ocean
American Samoa
USS New Orleans
Buddy System Extends Cooling Water in Moonwalks
NASA plans the Buddy Secondary Life Support System for Apollo 14, pairing astronauts with interconnected PLSS hoses to transfer cooling water between suits during the mission’s second and longest Moon walk scheduled to launch January 31, 1971. This setup allows a quick return to the landing craft if one backpack’s cooling system fails.
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United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Portable Life Support System
PLSS
Astro
Apollo 14 to Study Moon Depths by Impact
NASA aims to obtain Moon structure data to depths beyond 20 miles during Apollo 14 by impacting the Saturn 5 third stage within a 436 mile diameter target near Apollo 12 site. Crew: Shepard, Roosa, Mitchell. Impact will be photographed from lunar orbit with ascent stage also planned for impact after crew return.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
Kennedy Space Center
Alan B. Shepard
Stuart A. Roosa
Edgar D. Mitchell
Moon
Lunar
Earth
Apollo 14 to Bring Back Revealing Lunar Photos Next Month
NASA reports Apollo 14 astronauts will launch from Kennedy Space Center in January to reach the Fra Mauro region by February. Roosa will photograph candidate landing sites with a high resolution camera from near 10 miles altitude, capturing features as small as six feet and providing new data on the Moon’s surface.
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Washington
National, Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kennedy Space Center
Fla
U.S
Harth
Western Pacific
Stuart A. Roasa
Crater
Descartes
Rousa
Pollution Probe Of Ship Channel Set
Federal and Texas officials launch a comprehensive study of the Houston Ship Channel pollution under EPA and Texas Water Quality Board leadership. Richard Vanderhoff of EPA pledges access while Fulcher notes limited state funds, focusing on 15 named plants including DuPont, Goodyear, and Humble Oil, amid an ongoing enforcement push under the 1899 Refuse Act.
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Austin
Federal
Fulcher
Houston
Texas Water Quality Board
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Richard A. Vanderhoff
State Board
Texas Highway Department
DuPont
U.S. Gypsum
Olin
Goodyear Tire
Signal Oil
Rohm and Haas
Lubrizol
Southland Paper Mills
Ideal Cement
Sinclair- Koppers Chemical
Atlantic Richfield
Hess Terminals
Merichem
Jefferson
Channelview Bank President Joins TMT Shipping Board
Edwin E. Finn, president of Channelview Bank, has been elected a director of TMT Shipping and Chartering in Houston. TMT specializes in inland and deep sea chartering and marine equipment sales, acting as exclusive agents for West India Shipping Company in Houston and affiliated with Mowbray Marine Enterprises of New York.
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Channelview
Edwin E. Finn
Channelview Bank
TMT Shipping and Chartering, Inc
Houston
TMT
West India Shipping Company
Mowbray Marine Enterprises
New York
Inflight Zero-Gravity Tests Planned on Apollo 14
Four inflight demonstrations will fly on the Apollo 14 mission to test zero gravity equipment. They include electrophoresis in acid or alkaline water and a liquid transfer test using tank baffling to compare stored liquids with and without baffling.
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Washington
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