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483-5111 May 7, 1970
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RELEASED BY NASA HEADQUARTERS
The Fra Mauro region of the Moon has been selected as the landing site
for the Apollo 14 mission.
The choice was made by Dr. Thomas O. Paine, NASA Administrator, following
the recommendation of the Apollo Program site selection eo_rittee meeting
today at the Manned Spacecraft Center.
Fra Mauro was the intended landing site of last month's unsuccessful
Apollo 13 mission.
Dr. Paine said information so far developed by the Apollo 13 Review
Board indicates that Apollo 14 cannot be launched before Dec. 3.
"Our present assessment is that the modifications to the oxygen tanks
in the Service Module that have already been identified will require several
months and that Apollo 14 cannot be launched before the Dec. 3 launch
window," said Dr. Paine.
"We will take whatever time is necessary and will not commit to a
specific launch date until the Apollo 13 Review Board completes its work
and makes its findings and reconmlendations_" he added.
The flight crew for Apollo 14 will be Capt. Alan B. Shepard USN_
Co_naander_ Maj. Stuart A. Roosa_ USAF_ Command Module Pilot} and Cdr.
Edgar D. Mitchell_ USN_ Lunar Module Pilot.
The landing site is in the hilly uplands north of the crater Fra
Mauro. The lunar coordinates are 3.6 degrees south latitude by 17.5
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