Mission record

Apollo 14

Also known as Kitty Hawk, Antares

NASA · Launched January 31, 1971

Explore trajectory

Completed · Success

NASA's Apollo 14 was a crewed mission to the Moon: the third crewed landing, in the Fra Mauro highlands.

Destinations: Moon Show Moon in the explorer
Launch vehicle: Saturn 5
Launch site: Cape Canaveral, United States
Countries: United States
Mission types: Crewed, Lander

Chronology

Mission timeline

January 31, 1971, 21:03:02 UTC
Launch
Apollo 14 launched
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 00:00:00.6 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
Earth
January 31, 1971, 23:31:34 UTC
Departure
Translunar injection maneuver began
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 02:28:32 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
January 31, 1971, 23:37:34 UTC
Milestone
Translunar injection
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 02:34:32 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 1, 1971, 00:05:31 UTC
Milestone
Kitty Hawk separated from the S-IVB
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 03:02:29 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 1, 1971, 01:59:58 UTC
Milestone
Kitty Hawk docked with Antares
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 04:56:56 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 1, 1971, 02:50:16 UTC
Deployment
Docked spacecraft extracted from the launch stage
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 05:47:14 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 2, 1971, 03:39:10 UTC
Milestone
First midcourse correction
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 30:36:08 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 4, 1971, 02:01:14 UTC
Milestone
Second midcourse correction
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 76:58:12 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 4, 1971, 06:59:43 UTC
Orbit insertion
Lunar orbit insertion
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 81:56:41 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
Moon
February 4, 1971, 07:40:54 UTC
Impact
S-IVB impacted the Moon
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 82:37:52 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
Moon
February 4, 1971, 11:13:55 UTC
Milestone
Docked descent orbit insertion using service propulsion
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 86:10:53 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 5, 1971, 04:50:44 UTC
Milestone
Antares undocked and separated
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 103:47:42 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 5, 1971, 06:14:48 UTC
Milestone
Kitty Hawk circularization maneuver
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 105:11:46 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 5, 1971, 09:05:29 UTC
Milestone
Antares powered descent began
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 108:02:27 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 5, 1971, 09:18:11 UTC
Landing
Antares landed on the Moon
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 108:15:09 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
Moon
February 5, 1971, 14:42:13 UTC
Milestone
First lunar excursion began
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 113:39:11 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 5, 1971, 17:51:00 UTC
Milestone
First lunar surface experiment package data
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 116:47:58 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 5, 1971, 18:32:35 UTC
Milestone
Kitty Hawk plane change maneuver
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 117:29:33 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 5, 1971, 19:30:03 UTC
Milestone
First lunar excursion completed
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 118:27:01 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 6, 1971, 08:11:15 UTC
Milestone
Second lunar excursion began
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 131:08:13 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 6, 1971, 12:45:56 UTC
Milestone
Second lunar excursion ended
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 135:42:54 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 6, 1971, 18:48:42 UTC
Departure
Antares ascent stage lifted off
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 141:45:40 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
Moon
February 6, 1971, 18:59:51 UTC
Milestone
Ascent vernier adjustment maneuver
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 141:56:49 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 6, 1971, 19:33:53 UTC
Milestone
Terminal rendezvous phase began
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 142:30:51 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 6, 1971, 20:16:31 UTC
Milestone
Terminal rendezvous phase finalized
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 143:13:29 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 6, 1971, 20:35:53 UTC
Milestone
Antares ascent stage redocked
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 143:32:51 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 6, 1971, 22:48:00 UTC
Milestone
Antares ascent stage jettisoned
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 145:44:58 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 6, 1971, 22:52:45 UTC
Milestone
Spacecraft separation maneuver
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 145:49:43 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 7, 1971, 00:17:19 UTC
Milestone
Antares ascent-stage deorbit maneuver
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 147:14:17 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 7, 1971, 00:45:25 UTC
Impact
Antares ascent stage impacted the Moon
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 147:42:23 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
Moon
February 7, 1971, 01:39:04 UTC
Departure
Transearth injection
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 148:36:02 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 7, 1971, 18:37:59 UTC
Milestone
Third midcourse correction
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 165:34:57 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 9, 1971, 20:35:44 UTC
Milestone
Command module separated from service module
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 215:32:42 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 9, 1971, 20:50:47 UTC
Milestone
Entry interface
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 215:47:45 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
Earth
February 9, 1971, 20:51:04 UTC
Milestone
Entry communications blackout began
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 215:48:02 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 9, 1971, 20:54:21 UTC
Milestone
Entry communications blackout ended
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 215:51:19 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 9, 1971, 20:59:10 UTC
Deployment
Drogue parachutes deployed
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 215:56:08 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
February 9, 1971, 21:05:00 UTC
Landing
Apollo 14 splashed down
Original Table 6-I, physical PDF page 45; definitions Table 6-II, elapsed time 216:01:58 after 1971-01-31T21:03:02Z. Source fractional seconds and time convention are retained in apollo-h-lifecycle.json.
Earth

Mission architecture

Vehicles

Kitty Hawk · Spacecraft
Destinations: Moon
Antares · Lander
Destinations: Moon
Apollo 14 S-IVB lunar impact stage · Impactor · Impacted the Moon
Destinations: Moon

Trajectory record

Time-dependent navigation trajectory

Source states place the model at the selected time. Reconstructed flight, estimates, predictions and historical mission plans are identified by interval; gaps remain visible.

J2000 · Sun-centered display · positions interpolated between source states

Coverage: February 1, 1971 to February 1, 1971

Source records and sampling assumptions are retained with the repository data. Model attitude and surface appearance are illustrative.

Apollo 14 CSM: Physically reconstructed based on publicly available data · February 1, 1971 to February 1, 1971

Provenance

Sources

Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.

Data verified through October 6, 2026

Apollo 14 Command and Service Module - NASA NSSDCA Spacecraft Details — NSSDCAArchive · Supports: mission claims
Apollo 14 Lunar Module - NASA NSSDCA Spacecraft Details — NSSDCAArchive · Supports: mission claims
Apollo 14 Mission Report — NASATechnical document · Supports: mission claims · event claims
Saturn V Flight Manual SA-507, revised October 5 1969 — NASATechnical document · Supports: mission claims
Saturn V Launch Vehicle Flight Evaluation Report: AS-509, Apollo 14 — NASATechnical document · Supports: mission claims
LROC Science Operations Team: Coordinates of Lunar Anthropogenic Targets (28 July 2016) — NASATechnical document · Supports: mission claims
Postflight Evaluation of the Apollo 14 Spacecraft Trajectories — NASATechnical document · Supports: mission claims
DE421 lunar mean-Earth and principal-axes frame specification — NAIFTechnical document · Supports: destination/body context
DE440 lunar mean-Earth and principal-axes frame specification — NAIFSpice · Supports: destination/body context
IAU rotational elements and body radii (PCK 00011) — NAIFSpice · Supports: destination/body context
LOLA global lunar height maps, LDEM_4 V3 original PDS source label — NASATechnical document · Supports: destination/body context
LOLA 2023 south-polar elevation, uncertainty and effective-resolution maps — NASATechnical document · Supports: destination/body context
Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Seen From Above: LROC site and terrain context — NASATechnical document · Supports: destination/body context
Moon Facts — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context
SLDEM2015 Blue Ghost region: original PDS elevation-grid label — NASATechnical document · Supports: destination/body context
JPL Solar System Dynamics Astrodynamic Parameters — JPLOther · Supports: destination/body context
Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context

Mission timeline

Apollo 14 launched

Translunar injection maneuver began

Translunar injection

Kitty Hawk separated from the S-IVB

Kitty Hawk docked with Antares

Docked spacecraft extracted from the launch stage

First midcourse correction

Second midcourse correction

Lunar orbit insertion

S-IVB impacted the Moon

Docked descent orbit insertion using service propulsion

Antares undocked and separated

Kitty Hawk circularization maneuver

Antares powered descent began

Antares landed on the Moon

First lunar excursion began

First lunar surface experiment package data

Kitty Hawk plane change maneuver

First lunar excursion completed

Second lunar excursion began

Second lunar excursion ended

Antares ascent stage lifted off

Ascent vernier adjustment maneuver

Terminal rendezvous phase began

Terminal rendezvous phase finalized

Antares ascent stage redocked

Antares ascent stage jettisoned

Spacecraft separation maneuver

Antares ascent-stage deorbit maneuver

Antares ascent stage impacted the Moon

Transearth injection

Third midcourse correction

Command module separated from service module

Entry interface

Entry communications blackout began

Entry communications blackout ended

Drogue parachutes deployed

Apollo 14 splashed down

Vehicles

Time-dependent navigation trajectory

Sources