When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, Apollo 14 Lunar Module "Antares ...

Just a few minutes later, Shepard made a smooth and on-target touchdown at the Fra Mauro highlands. Antares, safely on the lunar surface. Credit: ...

Apollo 14 launched smoothly, aiming for the Fra Mauro highlands, a hilly region of the moon that Apollo 13 had hoped to reach. However, the Apollo 14 astronauts ran into trouble as they were ...

The man had walked on the moon, after all. On Feb. 5, 1971, Edgar Mitchell had stepped out into the powdery dust of the Fra Mauro Highlands and gazed up at the sea-blue Earth glowing in the sky above.

Edgar Dean Mitchell, D.Sc. (born September 17, 1930) is an American pilot, engineer, and astronaut. As the lunar module pilot of Apollo 14, he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra ...

T HIS IS A cross-section through a grain from a well-travelled rock. It was brought to Earth from the Fra Mauro highlands of the Moon in 1971, by the crew of Apollo 14. Four billion years before ...

Fifty years ago, this month, the world held its breath – hoping, praying and wishing for a miracle that would spare the lives of a crew stranded in the most ...

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Apollo 14 Commander, stands by the U.S. flag on the lunar Fra Mauro Highlands during the early moments of the first extravehicular activity (EVA-1) of the mission.

Fifty years ago this month, the world held its breath — hoping, praying and wishing for a miracle that would spare the lives of a crew stranded in the most ...