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Rockwell Signature Blocks - Apollo XIV

City of Downey - Columbia Memorial Space Center

City of Downey - Columbia Memorial Space Center
Downey, United States

Apollo XIV
January 31 – February 9, 1971
Astronaut Signatures: Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, Edgar Mitchell

During this third lunar landing mission, 93 pounds of Moon rocks were collected and several seismic experiments were conducted. Shepard famously hit two golf balls off the lunar surface. Roosa remained in orbit onboard Kitty Hawk, took photographs of the Moon, and helped germinate several hundred tree seeds that were distributed back on Earth as commemorative Moon Trees.

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  • Title: Rockwell Signature Blocks - Apollo XIV
  • Physical Location: Columbia Memorial Space Center
City of Downey - Columbia Memorial Space Center

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