Stuart Roosa
Stuart Roosa | |
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 Roosa in 1971 | |
| Born | Stuart Allen Roosa August 16, 1933 Durango, Colorado, U.S. |
| Died | December 12, 1994 (aged 61) Falls Church, Virginia, U.S. |
Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Education | Oklahoma State University, Stillwater University of Arizona University of Colorado Boulder (BS) |
| Spouse | Joan C. Barrett |
| Children | 4 |
| Awards | NASA Distinguished Service Medal |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
| Rank | Colonel, U.S. Air Force |
Time in space | 9 days, 1 minute |
| Selection | NASA Group 5 (1966) |
| Missions | Apollo 14 |
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| Retirement | February 1, 1976 |
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Stuart Allen Roosa (August 16, 1933 – December 12, 1994) was an American aeronautical engineer, smokejumper, United States Air Force pilot, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who was the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 14 mission. The mission lasted from January 31 to February 9, 1971, and was the third mission to land astronauts (Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell) on the Moon. While Shepard and Mitchell spent two days on the lunar surface, Roosa conducted experiments from orbit in the Command Module Kitty Hawk. He was one of the 24 Apollo astronauts who reached the Moon, which he orbited 34 times.