Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Shepard Roosa Mitchell
Launched: January 31, 1971 Landed: February 5, 1971 Splashdown: February 9, 1971
| | "...It's been a long way, but we're here." | |
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, November 22, 2011
1. Shepard Roosa Mitchell Marker
Apollo 14
Less than a year after the "successful failure" of Apollo 13, the mission of Apollo 14 accomplished much of what its predecessor had hoped to do. Thanks to a new piece of equipment, a two-wheeled push cart ("modular equipment transporter") for carrying tools and instruments, Shepard and Ed Mitchell were able to spend more time exploring the Moon's surface, venture farther from the lunar module, and collect more samples and scientific data than previous missions. And the irrepressible Shepard made history by becoming the first man to swat a golf ball on the Moon. Shepard's flight capped a fruitful relationship with Huntsville's Marshall Space Flight Center. In 1961, Marshall's Redstone rocket carried him into space, and in 1971 Marshall's Saturn V enabled him to become the only one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts to set foot on the Moon.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Exploration. A significant historical year for this entry is 1961.
Location. 34° 42.666′ N, 86° 39.339′ W. Marker is in Huntsville, Alabama, in Madison County. It can be reached from Tranquility Base half a mile west of Old Madison Pike NW, on the left when traveling
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Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Lovell Swigert Haise (here, next to this marker); Scott Worden Irwin (here, next to this marker); Conrad Gordon Bean (here, next to this marker); Young Mattingly Duke (here, next to this marker); Armstrong Collins Aldrin (here, next to this marker); Cernan Evans Schmitt (here, next to this marker); McDivitt Scott Schweickart / Stafford Young Cernan (a few steps from this marker); Schirra Eisele Cunningham / Borman Lovell Anders (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Huntsville.
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, November 22, 2011
2. Footprint & Signature of Capt. Edgar Mitchell
LM Pilot Apollo 14
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, November 22, 2011
3. Apollo 14 - Shepard Roosa Mitchell
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2013, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 941 times since then and 17 times this year. Last updated on July 17, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 27, 2013, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
