Stuart Roosa

STUART A ROOSA d1994. 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 31st to February 9th 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 24 men to travel to the Moon, which he orbited 34 times. He died in Virginia aged 61 on December 12th 1994