Apollo 14 Mission Report (MSC-04112)

NASA’s official report on Apollo 14 (January 31 – February 9, 1971), the third lunar landing, crewed by Alan B. Shepard Jr., Stuart A. Roosa, and Edgar D. Mitchell. Covers the mission’s weather-delayed launch, the six docking attempts needed after transposition, the landing in the Fra Mauro highlands, deployment of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package and a laser ranging retro-reflector, lunar geology and soil mechanics work with the Modular Equipment Transporter, and a set of in-flight technology demonstrations (electrophoretic separation, liquid transfer, heat flow and convection, and composite casting).