Apollo 14 was an historic footage of astronauts Edgar D. Mitchell and Alan B. Shepard, Jr. climbing down the lunar lander and planting the American flag on the Moon! 🇺🇸✨ This iconic moment from February 1971 shows real human activity on the lunar surface — a reminder of how far we’ve come in space exploration. 📹 Footage credit: NASA / Wikimedia Commons #Apollo14 #MoonLanding #NASA #SpaceHistory #FlagOnTheMoon #LunarExploration | Ronablo

On this day 1971 - Apollo 14 Launch Tracking Upscaled footage with synchronised audio of the Apollo 14 Saturn V as it powers towards space, and completes staging. Source Video: National Archives Source Audio: NASA Apollo Flight Journal | Moonpans.com

On February 5, 1971, two Apollo 14 astronauts landed on the moon! Discover more space history 👉 https://space-com.visitlink.me/A5JKDK Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard and the lunar module pilot Edgar Mitchell left their crewmate Stuart Roosa in the command module and descended down to the moon in the lunar module Antares. Their descent was a little chaotic. A faulty switch was sending "abort" signals to the landing module's computer, and NASA had to reprogram the computer before they could land