Tag Archives: Stuart Roosa

May 01

Space Rocket History #299 – Apollo 14 – Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa

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As a Smoke Jumper, Roosa parachuted into at least four active fires in Oregon and California during the 1953 fire season.

  • Stuart Allen Roosa
  • Suiting up for Apollo 14
  • Roosa’s tombstone at Arlington
Apr 24

Space Rocket History #298 – Apollo 14 – Crew Selection

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There were some people who wondered why America’s first man in space Alan Shepard, at age forty-seven, having acquired fame, wealth, and status as an American hero, would risk his life to go to the moon.

  • Deke Slayton
  • George Mueller
  • Apollo 14 crew