Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA)
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Event Date: 1971-01-31
Medium: COLOR
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.237579

Inscriptions:
Recto, typed: NASA / [illeg.]; Verso, stamped: NASA NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION / HOUSTON, TEXAS 77058 / FOR RELEASE: / PHOTO NO. / S-71-16865 [typed number] / THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS A GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION – NOT SUBJECT TO COPYRIGHT. / It may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NASA or by any NASA employee / of a commercial product, process, or service, or used in any other manner that might mis- / lead. Accordingly, it is requested that if this photograph is used in advertising, posters, / books, etc., layout and copy be submitted to NASA prior to release. NASA MSC also / requests written notification of any uses of this photograph in scientific-engineering projects; typed: COLOR / 31 JAN 1971 S-71-16865 / MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS / APOLLO 14 TV PICTURE --- The Apollo 14 Lunar Module, still / attached to the Saturn IVB stage, is seen in this color re- / production taken from the first television transmission made / by the color television camera aboard the Apollo 14 space / craft. This picture was made following SXM//LM-S-IVB separation / and prior to LM extraction from the S-IVB. The Command / and Service Modules were making the docking approach to the / LM//S-IVB. The circular object is the docking drogue assembly / on the LM. When this photograph was made, the Apollo 14 ground / elapsed time was about 3 hours 13 minutes, and the spacecraft / was approximately 6100 nautical miles from Earth on a trans- / lunar trajectory. Due to difficulty with the docking mechanism / six attempts were made before a successful “hard dock” of the / Command Module with the Lunar Module was accomplished. Aboard / Apollo 14 were Astroanuts Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander; Stuart / A. Roosa, command module pilot; and Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module / pilot; stamped: 2 71 4665; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: AVIATION / APOLLO 14
Retouching: N