Apollo 14 Mission image - Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Apollo 14 commander, assembles a double core tube as he stands beside the rickshaw-type portable workbench or Modularized Equipment Transporter MET unique to this mission.
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Apollo 14 commander, assembles a double core tube as he stands beside the rickshaw-type portable workbench or Modularized Equipment Transporter MET unique to this mission. The photograph was taken by astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, standing some 170 meters northwest of the Lunar Module LM during the missions second and final spacewalk on Feb. 6, 1971. Please note: Magazine 68 was one of several black and white rolls exposed on the two extravehicular activity EVA sessions or space walks on the Apollo 14 mission. Images were taken by during EVA 2 of the Apollo 14 mission. Original film magazine was labeled MM, film type was S0-267 High Speed Black and White Thin Base Film, 60mm lens with a sun elevation of 24 degrees and a southern azimuth.