Mission: Apollo 14

Taken/released on: 30/3/1970

Alan Shepard At Lunar Landing Research Facility

Alan Shepard was one of 20-some astronauts who used the Lunar Landing Research Facility and its associated Lunar Excursion Module Simulator, pictured here, to practice piloting problems they would encounter in the last 150 feet of descent to the surface of the moon. Shepard was the only one of the seven original Mercury astronauts to train with the simulator and make a lunar landing. He was also the fifth man on the moon and the nations first man in space. The facility was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985 after the National Historic Preservation Act was expanded to include aerospace sites. (Source: NASA-LARC)

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